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David wrote this song.

How may we worship God?

15 Lord, who may stay with you,
    in your own home?
Who may live there,
    on your holy hill?[a]
It is the person who does only things that are right.
It is the person who lives in a completely good way,
    and who speaks only what he knows is true.
He says nothing bad against other people.
He does nothing that will hurt his friends,
    nor does he insult them.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:1 Israelites worshipped God at his special home in Jerusalem, on the hill called Mount Zion. In David's time, God's home was in a tent. Later, King Solomon built God's Temple there.

Psalm 15

A psalm of David.

Lord, who may dwell(A) in your sacred tent?(B)
    Who may live on your holy mountain?(C)

The one whose walk is blameless,(D)
    who does what is righteous,
    who speaks the truth(E) from their heart;
whose tongue utters no slander,(F)
    who does no wrong to a neighbor,
    and casts no slur on others;

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