Psalm 15
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
There is also a Common Metre version of this Psalm on this page
1 O Jehovah, who shall dwell
In the temple of thy grace?
Who shall on thy holy hill
Have a fixed abiding place?
2 He who walks in righteousness,
All his actions just and clear;
He whose words the truth express
Spoken from a heart sincere;
3 He who ne'er with slandering tongue
Utters malice and deceit;
Who will ne'er his neighbor wrong,
Nor a slanderous tale repeat:
4 Who the impious will spurn,
Honor those that fear the Lord;
Though he to his loss have sworn,
Will not break his plighted word;
5 Who no usury will claim,
Nor with bribes pollute his hand;
He who thus his life shall frame,
Shall unmoved forever stand.
1 Within thy tabernacle, Lord,
Who shall abide with thee?
And in thy high and holy hill
Who shall a dweller be?
2 The man who walketh uprightly,
And worketh righteousness,
And as he thinketh in his heart,
So doth he truth express:
3 Who neither slanders with his tongue,
Nor to his friend doth hurt;
Nor yet against his neighbor doth
Take up an ill report.
4 In whose eyes vile men are despised;
But those that God do fear
He honoreth; and changeth not,
Though to his hurt he swear.
5 His coin puts not to usury,
Nor take a bribe will he
Against the guiltless. Who doth thus
Unmoved shall ever be.
