Psalms 15:1

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֭הֹוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
abide	יָג֣וּר ya.Gur	H1481	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tabernacle	בְּאָהֳלֶ֑ךָ be.'o.ho.Le.kha	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
dwell	יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ן yish.Kon	H7931	to reside or permanently stay (literally or figurativel… · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
holy	קָדְשֶֽׁךָ kod.She.cha	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hill	בְּהַ֣ר be.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 24:3-5 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Psalms 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
Psalms 61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Psalms 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Revelation 21:23-24 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light the…
Psalms 43:3-4 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Revelation 21:3-4 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be hi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 15:1–end

Here is, I. A very serious and weighty question concerning the characters of a citizen of Zion (Psa 15:1): "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Let me know who shall go to heaven." Not, who by name (in this way the Lord only knows those that are his), but who by description: "What kind of people are those whom thou wilt own and crown with distinguishing and everlasting favours?" This supposes that it is a great privilege to be a citizen of Zion, an unspeakable honour and advantage, - that all are not thus privileged, but a remnant only, - and that men are not entitled to this privilege by their birth and blood: all shall not abide in God's tabernacle that have Abraham to their father, b…

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John Gill on Psalms 15:1

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?.... This question, with the following, is put by the psalmist in a view of the sad corruption and degeneracy of mankind described in the preceding psalm, which renders the sons of men unfit for the presence of God, and communion with him; and it is put to the Lord himself, the founder of Zion, who has set his King over this holy hill of his; who has enacted laws for the good of it, and brings his people thither, making them meet for it, and so is most proper to give the qualifications of such as are admitted here; for by the tabernacle is meant not the human nature of Christ, as in Hebrews 8:2; as some interpret it, and apply all the characters in the…

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John Calvin on Psalms 15:1-2

Psalm 15:1-2 1. O Jehovah, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Who shall rest in the mountain of thy holiness? 2. He who walketh in integrity, and doeth righteousness, and who speaketh truth in his heart. 1. O Jehovah, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? As nothing is more common in the world than falsely to assume the name of God, or to pretend to be his people, and as a great part of men allow themselves to do this without any apprehension of the danger it involves, David, without stopping to speak to men, addresses himself to God, which he considers the better course; and he intimates, that if men assume the title of the people of God, without being so in deed and in truth, they gain noth…

The Church Fathers

All the defiled approach the tabernacle of the Lord, and there they are made undefiled. Jesus alone, undefiled, having entered the uncorrupted tabernacle, has freed us from the defilement of the flesh and has given us holiness.
— Arnobius the Younger, COMMENTARY ON PSALM 15

Since the psalm before this also prophesied salvation for the inhabitants of Jerusalem and forecast the return of those already made captive, it is right for him to introduce exhortation in this psalm and propose a way of life proper for them to live who are under God's command and enjoying such wonderful assistance.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 15:1

Unlike some of the psalms, this one is not shrouded in darkness, but here the Lord responds to the prophet's question following the pattern of the Decalogue, indicating that one reaches his blessed hall by ten virtues.… This is that divine Decalogue, a spiritual psaltery of ten strings. This is a number befitting of a crown, which only the one who destroyed the world's vices together with his Father was able to fulfill. Let us constantly ask for his almighty power so that we who are not able to fulfill what has been commanded may be able to do them once we have been enriched by his gift.
— Cassiodorus, EXPLANATION OF THE PSALMS 15:1, 5

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Access To God · In his temple — In his temple
Backbiting · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Holiness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Integrity · 16:19,20; — 16:19,20;
Neighbor · 6:2-5;19:13,16-18; — 6:2-5;19:13,16-18;
Righteousness · FRUITS OF — FRUITS OF
Slander · Characterized as avoiding — Characterized as avoiding
Speaking · WISDOM IN — WISDOM IN
Symbols And Similitudes · Tabernacle — Tabernacle
Tabernacle · Illustrative: Of the Church — Illustrative: Of the Church
Talebearer · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Titles And Names Of The Church · Holy hill — Holy hill

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 15:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 15:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 15:1

John Calvin on Psalms 15:1-2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 15:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 15:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 15:1

John Calvin on Psalms 15:1-2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 15:1-2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 15:1

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 15:1