1 :יהוה מִי-יָג֣וּר בְּאָהֳֳלֶךָ   מִי-יִשְׁכֹן בְּהַ֣ר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ Yahwah, who sojourns/dwells in Your tent? Who sojourns/dwells on Your holy mountain?

2 :הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים וּפֹעֵ֣ל צֶ֑דֶק   וְדֹבֵ֥ר אֱ֝מֶ֗ת בִּלְבָבֽוֹ The one who walks blamelessly and does what is right   and the one who speaks truth in his heart. [Comment: David spells out in Psalm 19 that only by living according to God’s Word is this possible: “The judgments of Yahwah are true, they are altogether righteous ^{Ps. 19:10b} … I, your servant, follow them, in following them there is great reward.^{” Ps. 19:12} And, of course, Psalm 119, in which David (whom I assume to have written the psalm) seems unable or unwilling to end the proclamation of his love for Yahwah’s word. The benefits that accrue to him because he diligently follows it are immeasurable, stating emphatically that “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to the path [I tread along the course of this life ~ n^ethi’vah / נְתִיבָה.” ]^{Ps. 119:105}

3 לֹֽא-רָגַ֨ל | עַל-לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ לֹא-עָשָֹה לְרֵעֵ֣הוּ רָעָ֑ה He does not slander | with his tongue   he does not do evil to his friend

:וְ֝חֶֶרְפָּ֗ה לֹא-נָשָׂא עַַל-קְרֹֽבוֹ He does not raise a taunt against the one close to him.

[Comment: I would propose that David is describing, on the one hand, the evil he has experienced from Ahithophel, of whom David wrote in Psalm 41:9 “even he who was my friend (literally, ‘man of my peace’), whom I trusted/in whom I confided, who ate my bread, has raised up (his) heel against me (to supplant me);” while, on the other hand, the suffering he endured at the hand of his son, Abshalom, whose actions were meant to ridicule, shame, and debase David, and eventually to usurp the throne. David, however, neither retaliated, sought revenge nor intended their harm.]

4 נִבְזֶ֤ה | בְּֽעֵ֘ינָ֤יו נִמְאָ֗ס ͏ Despised | in his eyes rejected

:וְאֶת-יִרְאֵ֣י יהו֣ה יְכַבֵּ֑ד   נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לְ֝הָָרַ֗ע וְלֹא יָֹמִֽר but [Comment: Here is an example of an ‘adversative waw (וְ).’ This double use of the ‘waw’ in Hebrew to mean both ‘and’ / ‘but’ is to be remembered when considering the use of ‘kai’ ~ ‘and’ in the New Testament by writers who were first Hebrew (or perhaps Aramaic) speakers and therefore applied Hebrew grammar to their Greek. This is certainly the reason why there are times when ‘kai’ is used, but the sense must be taken to be ‘but.’ I suggest this is the case in Matthew 16:18, where the translators have Yeshua telling Peter > “You are Peter (i.e., a rock) and on this [R]ock I will build my ekklesia.” This ‘and’ should be translated as ‘but.’ There are other issues with the popular translation of this verse which I have addressed in the posts ‘Flint aka Rocky and the Rock: Peter and Yeshua‘ at https://thedragonisslain.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2662&action=edit and ‘The Rock: The Ekklesia’s Immovable yet Advancing Foundation‘ at https://thedragonisslain.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2922&action=edit] the fear of Yahwah he honors   he swears to his [own] hurt and does not change.

[Comment: Obviously verse 4 is Messianic in content…” Despised…” In whose eyes is he despised and rejected? In his own case, does David have in mind Ahithophel or Abshalom? When applied messianically, was it Yahwah Elohim’s ‘abandonment’ of the Son on the Cross or is it a reference to Judas Iscariot, because Yeshua’s kingdom was not to be of this world? Christians in every epoch have suffered a similar rejection, but like the Psalmist, we are to revere the Holy and Almighty One Whose absolute sovereignty includes His called ones to suffer for His Name’s sake, but who are to remain faithful: “The one saying that he remains in Him ought himself to walk as That One walked.” ^{1 John 2:6} ]

5 כַַּסְפּ֤וֹ | לֹא-נָתַֽן בְּנֶשֶׁךְ֘   וְשֹׁ֥חַד עַל-נָקִ֗י לֹא לָ֫קָ֥ח His silver he does not give in interest   and a bribe against the blameless he does not take

עֹֽשֵׂה-אֵ֑לֶּה   לֹ֖א יִמּ֣וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם: the one who does these will never be shaken.

[Comment: Honesty and integrity are to be pursued and upheld reverentially, evidence of being firmly founded on God’s Word.]