A Mizmor of David
(Psalm 15)
YeHOWAH,
Self-Existent, Eternal One,
Who shall sojourn
Or seek hospitality
In Your dwelling place,
The Tent of Your habitation?
Who shall
Settle down
Or establish his home
In Your Qodesh,
Set-Apart Mountain?
The one who walks
The correct path,
One who is upright in conduct,
Whole,
Complete,
Undefiled
In his manner of life,
One who works
Tsedek—righteousness—
And speaks truth
In his heart.
This one does not
Walk about
As a tale-bearer,
He does not move
His feet
To spy maliciously,
To slander
With his language
Or fabricate unkind words
Against his fellow herdsmen,
A member of the flock.
He does not exalt himself,
By lifting the shoulder,
Raising the hand,
To scorn,
To taunt
His kinsman.
The condemned and guilty
He despises.
In his eyes,
The men who reject ALOHIM
And His Torah
Are spurned,
Loathsome cast-aways.
But those who reverence
YeHOWAH,
He Who Exists,
This one shall be heavy
With abundance.
He will not swear
Allegiance
To those who trample
And break into pieces
The covenant.
And he will not change.
He does not bestow
Pale money,
Metals or ornaments,
To the stinging serpent
Of usury.
He does not present gifts
To pervert justice:
To free those
Deserving punishment
Or to carry away,
To take for himself,
The innocent,
Those free from blame.
He that labors at this
Shall never waver,
Shall never diminish
And grow weak,
For as long as one can see
Or observe,
To the edge of the horizon
And beyond.
Pamela Glasgow
The Psalm Project represents my desire for a deeper understanding of the Word of YAHUAH. It is not a mechanical translation, a one-word-for-word exchange from Hebrew to English. We have those. This is is a lyrical adaptation of the many possibilities hidden in the Hebrew, arranged with consideration for the poetic and musical intent of the original writer. I pray you are as enriched in the reading as I was in the transcribing.
