Psalm 15:5 Themes and Topics

To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. -- By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer. From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me. For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy. read more.
I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart. He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour. read more.
Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not; His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; Verse Concepts

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly, Verse Concepts

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. Verse Concepts

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; Verse Concepts

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age! Verse Concepts

In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man. Verse Concepts

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; Verse Concepts

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly, Verse Concepts

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. Verse Concepts

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; Verse Concepts

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age! Verse Concepts

In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man. Verse Concepts

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; Verse Concepts

In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him. Verse Concepts

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. Verse Concepts

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah! Verse Concepts

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age! Verse Concepts

And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself. Verse Concepts

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.' And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' read more.
And there are who are saying, 'We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, on our fields, and our vineyards; and now, as the flesh of our brethren is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.' And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words, and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly, and say to them, 'We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that is in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word. And I say, 'Not good is the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury. Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.' And they say, 'We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing; also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, 'Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, 'Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

'Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury. To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man. In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous is he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth. Verse Concepts

God is in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn! Verse Concepts

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. Verse Concepts

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age! Verse Concepts

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved. Verse Concepts

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved. Verse Concepts

He suffereth not thy foot to be moved, Thy preserver slumbereth not. Verse Concepts

The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth. Verse Concepts

For -- to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous. Verse Concepts

For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved. Verse Concepts