Psalm 15:1-5

Rachel Workman:
¹ Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord?
    Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
² Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right,
    speaking the truth from sincere hearts.
³ Those who refuse to gossip
    or harm their neighbors
    or speak evil of their friends.
⁴ Those who despise flagrant sinners,
    and honor the faithful followers of the Lord,
    and keep their promises even when it hurts.
⁵ Those who lend money without charging interest,
    and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent.
Such people will stand firm forever.
Wow, who are these people David speaks of? I don't know one person I can say this about. We are sinful by nature and at times I kinda feel like the apostle who said I'm am the least of the apostles, I'm not even worthy to be called an apostle. I am not worthy to be called a child of God's, but I am. I am righteous in the eyes of God because of what Christ did on the cross. It blows my mind. There is no way I could ever live up to this standard without the grace of God. How blessed am I?

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John Burnett: 

15 O Lord, who may ^[a]abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?
² He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.
³ He does not slander ^[b]with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴ In ^[c]whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But ^[d]who honors those who fear the Lord;
He swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ He does not put out his money ^[e]at interest,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.  This description only applies to those who have humbled themselves and realize that they need God’s help to live this way.  No one lives this way naturally due to our sin nature.

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Allen Michaels: 

¹ Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord?
    Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
² Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right,
    speaking the truth from sincere hearts.

If we want to experience recovery, we must be committed to honesty, integrity, and right living. We must quit lying to yourself and to others, and we must stop doing things that hurt other people. These are all essential elements of any effective personal inventory if we hope to bring reconciliation to our relationships. I have recently discovered that there are those that are willing to forgive, and will forgive. However, in the back of their mind they will never forget. I know it contradicts how God forgets once He forgives, but we are human and sometimes this is something that we just can’t do, at least right now.

³ Those who refuse to gossip
    or harm their neighbors
    or speak evil of their friends.
⁴ Those who despise flagrant sinners,
    and honor the faithful followers of the Lord,
    and keep their promises even when it hurts.

Words are very powerful, and how you use them reflects on your relationship with God. Perhaps nothing so identifies Christians as their ability to control their speech – speaking the truth, refusing to slander, and keeping oaths. Watch what you say. I find controlling my tongue the most difficult of these 10 standards.

⁵ Those who lend money without charging interest,
    and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent.
Such people will stand firm forever.

Some people are so obsessed with money that they change their God-given standards and life-style to get it. It becomes a controlling force in their life. It becomes a False Idol that they are essentially worshiping by making it the most important thing in their life. God is put on the “back burner.” If money is a controlling force in your life, it must be curbed, or it will harm others and destroy your relationship with God.

This is one of many Psalms that I really like. In Psalm 15 God calls His people to be morally upright, and, in this Psalm, He gives us 10 standards to determine how we are doing. We live among evil people whose standards and morals are eroding. Just look at the world today, or better yet, look at the people we encounter on a daily basis. Our standards for living should not come from our evil society, but from God. There are other references in the Bible where righteous conduct is summarized, see Isaiah 33:15; 56:1: Micah 6:8; Habakkuk 2:4; and Mark 12:29-31.