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.
62:6 He alone is my protector 4 and deliverer.
He is my refuge; 5 I will not be upended. 6
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.”
4 tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”
5 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
6 sn The wording is identical to that of v. 2, except that רַבָּה (rabbah, “greatly”) does not appear in v. 6.