Psalm 15:2 He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. "He that walketh uprightly." Let us mark the strong, masculine beginning of this description of the man who is privileged to be familiar with the Lord. He is "upright"! He is characterised by backbone. There is nothing crooked, wriggling, or soft about his temperament. There is a certain straightness and rigidity which, in all his relationships, is never absent. And mark where this fine masculinity begins. He "walketh" uprightly! The word is descriptive of the movements or motions of life. Now our motions are determined by our motives. Our motives are our motors. To understand, therefore, the inner content of the Psalmist's words, we must get away into the inward parts, into the secret places of the life. Our motives must be strong and upright. There must be nothing limp and compromising about them. "Strength and beauty" must be in our sanctuary. (J. H. Jowett, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.WEB: He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; |
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