Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 15:4
(b) In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
(b) He who flatters not the ungodly in their wickedness.
(b) In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
(b) He who flatters not the ungodly in their wickedness.
Verse Psalms 15:4. _IN WHOSE EVES A VILE PERSON IS CONTEMNED_] 7. This man judges of others by their conduct; he tries no man's heart. He knows men only by the _fruits_ they bear; and thus he gains k...
IN WHOSE EYES A VILE PERSON IS CONTEMNED - That is, who does not show respect to a man of base or bad character on account of his wealth, his position, or his rank in life. He estimates character as i...
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TO HIS OWN HURT. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "to his neighbour"....
Render with R.V., In whose eyes a reprobate is despised. The truthfulness of his character is shewn in his estimate of men. The world's false estimates are one of the evils which will disappear in t...
HE THAT SWEARETH TO HIS OWN HURT, AND CHANGETH NOT— The greatest temptation to the breach of oaths and promises to others, is, when the performance of them brings mischief on ourselves; for then is th...
PSALMS 15 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Approved Citizen-Guest of Jehovah. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 15:1, Worshippers Approaching the Holy City enquire What Kind of Persons may Enter and Dwell there. Sta...
_IN WHOSE EYES A VILE PERSON IS CONTEMNED; BUT HE HONOURETH THEM THAT FEAR THE LORD. HE THAT SWEARETH TO HIS OWN HURT, AND CHANGETH NOT._ In whose eyes a vile person is contemned - "a vile person;" l...
In this Ps. we have a fine summary of the essentials of OT. piety. It sets forth the character and conduct required in the worshipper for acceptance with God. The occasion of its composition may have...
_He that_ SWEARETH TO _his own_ HURT, AND CHANGETH NOT] A truly upright man will keep his word even to his own disadvantage....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
IN WHOSE EYES. — The first clause is obscure. The subject and predicate are not clearly marked; but the Authorised Version gives the right sense. It is quite out of keeping with the context to make bo...
נִבְזֶ֤ה ׀ בְּֽ עֵ֘ינָ֤יו נִמְאָ֗ס וְ אֶת ־יִ
Psalms 15:1 THE ideal worshipper of Jehovah is painted in this psalm in a few broad outlines. Zion is holy because God's "tent" is there. This is the only hint of date given by the psalm; and all that...
THE CITIZEN OF ZION AND HIS INHERITANCE Psalms 15:1; Psalms 16:1 The first of these psalms was probably composed to celebrate the bringing of the Ark to Mount Zion, 1 Samuel 6:20. It describes the ch...
This psalm declares the terms of friendship between man and Jehovah. The opening questions describe the privileges of friendship. To sojourn does not necessarily mean to stay for a brief time. Length...
Haste. Men who are convinced of their own infirmities, hasten to find a remedy. (Worthington) --- No sooner had fallen man been redeemed, that he strove to advance in the ways of perfection. (Berthier...
Having said so much upon the first account given of the citizen of Zion, less will be necessary to be observed here, in the other different features of character added. But the Reader himself, if he l...
The first part of this verse is explained in different ways. Some draw from it this meaning, that the true servants of God are contemptible and worthless in their own estimation. If we adopt this inte...
Psalms 15 gives the answer he in whom is uprightness of heart in the path of the law. Remark here, that while the godly (when all is utterly dark, and wickedness has entirely the upper hand, and the f...
IN WHOSE EYES A VILE PERSON IS CONTEMNED,.... A "vile" man is a very wicked, profligate, and abandoned creature, one that is to every good work reprobate; and such sometimes are in high places, Psalms...
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not. Ver. 4. _In whose eyes a vile person is contemned_] An abje...
_In whose eyes_ In whose judgment and estimation; _a vile person _ An ungodly or wicked man, (as appears from the next clause, in which _he that feareth God_ is opposed to him,) _is contemned_ Or, tho...
in whose eyes a vile person is contemned, who despises and rejects those who are reprobate in the eyes of Jehovah, shunning their company at all times; BUT HE HONORETH THEM THAT FEAR THE LORD, in ever...
THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESS TO GOD. Every true believer who places his trust in the atonement of Jesus will, by virtue of this faith of his heart, repudiate sin and walk in the way of God's will. He is...
IN WHOSE EYES, i.e. in whose judgment and estimation, A VILE PERSON, i.e. one, that deserves contempt, an ungodly or wicked man, as appears from the next clause, where he that feareth God is opposed t...
Psalms 15:4 eyes H5869 person H3988 (H8737) despised H959 (H8737) honors H3513 (H8762) fear H3373 LORD...
‘He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart, He who does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his friend, Nor takes up a reproach against his neighbour...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Psalms 15 The qualities which are required of one, not who visits the tabernacle merely, but who dwells in it, not who ascends the hill only, but rests on it, are those of an ordinary citizen, those w...
CONTENTS: Those who shall dwell with God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who would find their way to heaven must have some of heaven in them on their way there. The child of God will walk...
Psalms 15:1. _Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?_ Either as attendants and ministers, or as true Israelites coming to the feasts with acceptable offerings? The prophet here asks the Lord of the...
_In whose eyes a vile person is contemned._ SECOND MORAL APPRECIATIONS “In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord.” Then he is a man of sound moral appreciati...
_Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?_ AN IDEAL WORSHIPPER The ideal worshipper of Jehovah is painted in this Psalm in a few broad outlines. The tone of the Psalm accords with the circumstances o...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 15:1. This hymn celebrates the ideal worshiper of the Lord. The singers do not claim to have achieved these character qualities. They simply yearn to have them more and more...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 15:2 These verses give specific examples of the kind of person who WALKS BLAMELESSLY and DOES WHAT IS RIGHT. Such a person is concerned about the well-being of fellow believers....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 15:4 A VILE PERSON is the Israelite who rejects covenant life (compare Jeremiah 6:30, “rejected”). Those who fear the L
INTRODUCTION “This psalm teaches the necessity of moral purity as a condition of the Divine protection. It first propounds the question who shall be admitted to God’s household, and the privileges of...
EXPOSITION So much having been said in so many psalms of the privileges and blessings accorded to the righteous man (Psalms 1:3; Psalms 3:8; Psalms 5:11,...
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? (Psalms 15:1) The psalmist asks the question, "Who's going to dwell in the holy hill? Who's gonna dwell in the Lord's taberna...
1 John 3:14; 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 21:2;
Vile — An ungodly man. Honoureth — He highly esteems and loves them, though they be mean as to their worldly condition, and though they may differ from him in some opinions or practices of lesser mome...