Description of a Citizen of Zion.

A Psalm of David.

1O LORD, who may lodge [as a guest] in Your tent?

Who may dwell [continually] on Your holy hill?

2He who walks with integrity and strength of character, and works righteousness,

And speaks and holds truth in his heart.

3He does not slander with his tongue,

Nor does evil to his neighbor,

Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

4In his eyes an evil person is despised,

But he honors those who fear the LORD [and obediently worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

He keeps his word even to his own disadvantage and does not change it [for his own benefit];

5He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],

And does not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things will never be shaken.