Blessed are those who guard right-ruling, Who do righteousness at all times!
Psalm 15:5 - The Scriptures 2009 He has not put out his silver at interest, And has not taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these is never moved. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that putteth not out his money to usury, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [He who] does not put out his money for interest [to one of his own people] and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. [Exod. 22:25, 26.] American Standard Version (1901) He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Common English Bible someone who doesn’t lend money with interest, who won’t accept a bribe against any innocent person. Whoever does these things will never stumble. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. |
Blessed are those who guard right-ruling, Who do righteousness at all times!
Kaph For he is never shaken; Lamed The righteous is remembered forever.
I have set יהוה always before me; Because He is at my right hand I am not shaken.
Cast your burden on יהוה, And let Him sustain you; He never allows the righteous to be shaken.
and My wrath shall burn and I shall kill you with the sword, your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.
“If you do lend silver to any of My people, the poor among you, you are not to be like one that lends on interest to him. Do not lay interest on him.
The righteous is never shaken, While the wrong shall not dwell in the earth.
A man is not established by wrongness, But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives.
He who walks righteously and speaks what is straight, he who rejects the gain of oppressions, who keeps his hands from accepting bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil –
turns back his hand from wronging the poor, and he has not taken interest or increase, has executed My right-rulings and walked in My laws – he shall not die for the crookedness of his father, he shall certainly live!
“And when the wrong turns away from the wrong which he has done, and he does right-ruling and righteousness, he keeps himself alive.
if he does not lend on interest or take increase, turns back his hand from unrighteousness, executes right-ruling in truth between man and man,
“In you they have taken a bribe to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase. You have cut off your neighbour by extortion. And you have forgotten Me,” declares the Master יהוה.
Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being. And they weave it together.
and said, “What would you give me to deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
“Do not distort right-ruling. Do not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
“When you make a vow to יהוה your Elohim, do not delay to pay it, for יהוה your Elohim is certainly requiring it of you, and it shall be sin in you.
“Look, here I am. Witness against me before יהוה and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I abused, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? – then I restore it to you.”