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Psalm 15:5
New English Translation
Psalm 15:5
New English Translation
5 He does not charge interest when he lends his money.[a]
He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent.[b]
The one who lives like this[c] will never be shaken.
Footnotes
- Psalm 15:5 sn He does not charge interest. Such an individual is truly generous, and not simply concerned with making a profit.
- Psalm 15:5 tn Heb “a bribe against the innocent he does not take.” For other texts condemning the practice of a judge or witness taking a bribe, see Exod 23:8; Deut 16:19; 27:25; 1 Sam 8:3; Ezek 22:12; Prov 17:23.
- Psalm 15:5 tn Heb “does these things.”
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