Psalms 15:5

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. ¹  He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. ²  The one who lives like this ³  will never be upended.

Ex 22:25; Ex 23:7,8; Le 25:35-37; De 16:19; De 23:19,20; Ne 5:2-5,7-13; Ps 16:8; Ps 55:22; Ps 106:3; Ps 112:6; Pr 12:3; Isa 33:15; Eze 18:8,17; Eze 18:27; Eze 22:12; Mic 7:3; Mt 7:21-25; Mt 26:15; Mt 27:3-5; Joh 13:17; Jas 1:22-25; 2Pe 1:10,11

¹ sn He does not charge interest. Such an individual is truly generous, and not simply concerned with making a profit.

² 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.

³ tn Heb “does these things.”