“He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.”
The final description that the qualified person does not charge interest in lending and takes no bribe against the innocent completes the portrait by emphasizing economic ethics. The prohibition on usury suggests that the qualified person does not exploit others' vulnerability through financial manipulation. The refusal of bribes establishes that the qualified person cannot be corrupted into perverting justice for personal gain. The promise that such a person shall never be moved concludes the psalm by affirming that those meeting these criteria enjoy permanent stability and security.
Church Fathers on Psalms 15:5
A psalm of David himself. 1. Touching this title there is no question. “O Lord who shall sojourn in Your tabernacle?” Psalm 14:1. Although tabernacle be sometimes used even for an everlasting habitation: yet when tabernacle is taken in its proper meaning, it is a thing of war. Hence soldiers are called tent-fellows, as having their tents together. This sense is assisted by the words, “Who shall sojourn?” For we war with the devil for a time, and then we need a tabernacle…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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