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Psalms 15:1
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A psalm of David.
Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord ? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
A Psalm of David. Yahweh, who shall sojourn in your tabernacle? Who shall dwell in your holy hill?
A psalm of David.
Lord , who may enter your Holy Tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?A psalm of David.
Lord , who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
O LORD, who may lodge [as a guest] in Your tent? Who may dwell [continually] on Your holy hill?
A Psalm of David.
O Lord , who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?Lord, who schal dwelle in thi tabernacle; ether who schal reste in thin hooli hil?
A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill?
(A psalm by David.)
Who may stay in God's temple or live on the holy mountain of the Lord ?A Psalm of David.
Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?
A psalm of David: Adonai , who can rest in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?
A Psalm of David.
Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?A song of David.
Lord , who can live in your Holy Tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?
[A Psalme of Dauid.] Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
O Lord, who may live in Your tent? Who may live on Your holy hill?
A Psalm of David.
O Lord , who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy hill?A Psalme of Dauid. Lorde, who shal dwell in thy Tabernacle? who shall rest in thine holy Mountaine?
LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall inhabit thy holy mountain?
Lord , who may enter your Temple? Who may worship on Zion, your sacred hill?
O Yahweh! Who shall be a guest in thy tent? Who shall abide in thy holy mountain?
(14-1) <A psalm for David.> Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
A Psalm of David. O LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tent? Who shall dwell on thy holy hill?
O God, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll?
O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? and who shall dwell in thy holy mountain?
Lord, who can dwell in your tent?Who can live on your holy mountain?
A psalm of David.
O Yahweh, who may reside in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain?A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? Who shall live in Your holy mountain?
A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill?
Lorde, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shal rest vpo yi holy hill?
A David Psalm
God , who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list?LORD, who may reside in Your tent? Who may settle on Your holy hill?
LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
A Psalm of David.
O Lord , who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill?O Yahweh, who may sojourn in Your tent?Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lord: Psalms 1:1-4, Psalms 23:6, Psalms 21:3-5, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 61:4, Psalms 84:4, Psalms 92:13, John 3:3-5, John 14:3, John 17:24, Revelation 7:14-17, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 21:4, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 21:24
abide: Heb. sojourn
holy: Psalms 2:6, Psalms 3:4, Psalms 43:3, Psalms 43:4, Psalms 87:1-3, Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 14:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 38:21 - tabernacle of testimony Nehemiah 5:7 - Ye exact usury Psalms 24:3 - Who Psalms 65:4 - causest Isaiah 33:15 - that walketh Isaiah 33:16 - shall dwell Isaiah 56:2 - Blessed Revelation 11:12 - Come
Cross-References
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 following verses to Christ; nor heaven itself, of which the holy place made with hands in the tabernacle and temple were a figure, Hebrews 9:24; for to "sojourn" d or "lodge", as in an inn, as the word rendered abide signifies, will not suit with that state and place which is fixed and immovable; but the church of God on earth, called a "tabernacle", in allusion to the tabernacle of Moses, where God granted his presence, sacrifices were offered up with acceptance, and the holy vessels were put; and which was mean without, but rich and glorious within: so God affords his gracious presence in his church, accepts the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise offered to him there; and here are the vessels of mercy placed, which are sanctified and meet for the master's use; and though it is mean and despicable in its outward appearance, in the eyes of men, it is all glorious within; see Song of Solomon 1:6; and this is the tabernacle of God, being of his building and preserving, and the place of his residence;
who shall dwell in thy holy hill? the same is here intended as in the preceding clause; the allusion is to Mount Zion, whither the ark of the Lord was brought in David's time, and on one part of which the temple was afterwards built: and the church may be compared to this hill, for its eminence and visibility in the world; for the holiness which God has put upon it, and for the immovableness of it; for though like, a tabernacle it may be carried from place to place, yet it is like an hill that can never be removed out of the world; it is built on a sure foundation, the Rock of ages. Now the purport of these questions is, who is a proper person to be an inhabitant of Zion? or to be a member of the church of God? the answer is in the following verses.
d ינוו "peregrinabitur", Pagninus, Montanus; "diversabitur", Muis; so Ainsworth; "vel hospitabitur", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? - Margin, “sojourn.” The Hebrew word means properly to “sojourn;” that is, to abide in a place as a sojourner or stranger; not permanently, but only for a while. The idea in this place is taken from the word “tabernacle” or “tent,” with which one naturally associates the thought of sojourning, rather than that of a permanent abode. Compare Hebrews 11:9. It should not be inferred, however, that it is meant here that the residence with God would be “temporary.” The idea of permanency is fully expressed in the other member of the sentence, and the language here is only such as was customary in speaking of the righteous - language derived from the fact that in early times men dwelt in tents rather than in permanent habitations.
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? - Zion, regarded as the dwelling-place of God, and the type of heaven - the eternal abode of the Most High. See the note at Psalms 2:6. The question is equivalent to asking, who is qualified to dwell with God? who may properly be regarded as his friend? who has a title to his favor? who is truly pious? By us the same question would be put in another form, though implying the same thing: Who is qualified to become a member of the church; who has evidence of true conversion and real piety? who is he who is prepared for heaven?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM XV
The important question answered, Who is a proper member of the
Church militant? and who shall finally join the Church
triumphant? Psalms 15:1
contains the question; Psalms 15:2-5,
the answer.
NOTES ON PSALM XV
The title, מזמור לדוד mizmor ledavid, a Psalm of David, has nothing in it particularly worthy of notice. If it were a Psalm composed during the captivity, relating to their return and settlement in their own land, with the restoration of their temple service and all the ordinances of God, and a description of the persons who should then be considered Israelites indeed, the name of David is improperly prefixed. But the subject is of the most general utility, and demands the most solemn and serious attention of all men who profess to believe in the immortality of the soul.
Verse Psalms 15:1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? — The literal translation of this verse is, "Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness?" For the proper understanding of this question we must note the following particulars:-
1. The tabernacle, which was a kind of moveable temple, was a type of the Church militant, or the state of the people of God in this world.
2. Mount Zion, the holy mount, where the temple was built, was the type of the kingdom of heaven. There the ark became stationary, and was no longer carried about from place to place; and the whole was typical of the rest that remains for the people of God.
3. The TABERNACLE was a temporary and frequently-removed building, carried about from place to place, and not long in any one place. Concerning this it is said: מי יגור mi yagur, "Who shall lodge, or sojourn," there? It is not a residence, or dwelling-place, but a place to lodge in for a time.
4. The TEMPLE was a fixed and permanent building; and here it is inquired, מי ישכן mi yiscon, "Who shall dwell, abide," or have his permanent residence, there?
5. The tabernacle being a migratory temple, carried about on the shoulders of the priests and Levites, there was no dwelling there for any; they could but lodge or sojourn.
6. The temple being fixed, the priests, Levites, c., became permanent occupiers. There was no lodging or sojourning, but permanent residence for all connected with it.
7. The tabernacle is, therefore, a proper type of the Church militant, wandering up and down, tossed by various storms and tempests the followers of God, having here no continuing city; sojourning only on earth to get a preparation for eternal glory.
8. The temple is also a proper type or emblem of the Church triumphant in heaven. "Here the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest." It is the dwelling-place, the eternal residence, of all who are faithful unto death, who are made pillars in that temple of God, to go no more out for ever.
The questions therefore are,
1. Who can be considered a fit member of the Church of Christ here below? and,
2. Who shall be made partakers of an endless glory? In answer to these questions, the character of what we may term a true Israelite, or a good Christian, is given in the following particulars: -
