Text -- Psalms 15:5 (NET)

15:5 He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 15:5

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.”