Psalms 15:2 - Exposition

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness . An upright walk is the first requisite (comp. Genesis 17:1 ; Psalms 26:3 , Psalms 26:11 ; Isaiah 33:15 ). Such a walk involves the doing of righteousness, not, of course, in absolute perfection, but with a sincere intention, and so as to have "the answer of a good conscience towards God" ( 1 Peter 3:21 ). And speaketh the truth in his heart. Not " from his heart," as in the Prayer-book Version, which would make the reference one to mere truth of speech, but "in his heart," which points to internal truthfulness—that truthfulness "in the hidden council-chamber of the soul," which "holds no parley with what is false" (Kay).