< Psalms 15 >
1 Yahweh, who are allowed to enter your Sacred Tent? Who are allowed to live on your sacred mountain?
A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?
2 Only those who always do what is right and do not sin may do that. They always say what is true
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
3 and they do not slander others. They do not do to others things that are wrong, and they do not say bad things about others.
[He that] slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
4 [Godly people] hate those whom God has rejected, but they respect those who revere Yahweh. They do what they have promised to do even if it causes them trouble to do that.
In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;
5 They lend money to others without charging interest, and they never accept bribes in order to lie about people who have not done what is wrong. Those who do those things will never stop trusting God [even if disastrous things happen to them].
[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.