Psalms 15:1

_LORD, WHO SHALL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE? WHO SHALL DWELL IN THY HOLY HILL?_ Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? The Lord's abode is represented by the "tabernacle," wherein His worshippers had communion with Him. In it they only 'sojourned' [as the Hebrew literally means - _ GUWR _ (H1481)], as guests for a time with Him, the gracious Host. Men are not by birth the rightful inmates of it, but become so through grace. The regenerate 'abide in the Lord's tabernacle;' i:e., they dwelt with God in intimate communion (Ephesians 2:19), and as the blessed result, enjoy God's sure protection (cf. Psalms 15:5, "He shall never be moved"). The very name, "the tabernacle of the congregation" ...

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 nothing by their self-delusion, for God continues always like himself, and as he is faithful himself, so will he have us to keep faith with him in return. No doubt, he adopted Abraham freely, but, at the same time, he stipulated with him that he should live a holy and an upright life, and this is the general rule of the covenant which God has, from the beginning, made with his Church. The sum is, that hypo...

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, _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 resto

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 th

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, Psalms 5:12; 4:9,12, 18; Psalms 10:17, Psalms 10:18; Psalms 11:7, etc.), the arrangers of this book thought it fitting to insert in this place a definition, or description, of who the righteous man is. They found a "psalm of David" (see ti

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,...

Psalms 15 _ 1. The question (Psalms 15:1)_ 2. The answer (Psalms 15:2) Psalms 15:1. The connection with the previous Psalm is obvious. When He comes and that promised salvation becomes reality, who then shall sojourn in His tabernacle? Who shall dwell in His holy hill? Who will become a partaker of that kingdom, when the King is set upon the holy hill of Zion? Psalms 15:2. The answer is given. The character here described is impossible for the natural man. To walk uprightly, to work righteousness, to speak the truth in the heart and practise righte

XV. YAHWEH'S CLIENT. The Phœ nicians were familiar with the idea that a man might become the client of a god and so put himself under Divine protection. They used the same word for client as the Hebrews, viz. _gç r._ Hence we have such names in Phœ nician, as Gerastart, client of Astarte, Gerhekal, client of the temple, etc. But to be Yahweh's client moral qualities are necessary; indeed no others are mentioned here. With the whole Ps. _cf._ Isaiah 33:13. Psalms 15:1. tent (so Heb., _cf. mg._) is a poetical name for the Temple. Psalms 15:4. To his own hurt is abbreviated from to his own advantage or to his own hurt; whatever the result of keeping his oath may be to himself. _Cf._

LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. TABERNACLE. tent: i.e. dwelling, or home. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "tents"; plural of majesty. Thy heavenly home. See App-40. DWELL. abide continually. Figure of speech _Anabasis_. App-6. HOLY HILL. holy mountain: i.e. Mount Zion; the type of the heavenly kingdom....

More exactly: Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? Who shall dwell in thy holy mountain? Who is worthy to be received as Jehovah's guest, to enjoy His protection and hospitality, to dwell in the place which He has consecrated by His Presence? Cp. Psalms 5:4. It is not as a mere form of speech that the Psalmist addresses Jehovah. By this appeal he at once places himself and his readers in immediate relation to Jehovah. The question is asked of Him, and the answer is given as in His Presence. _In thy tent_might be wholly metaphorical and mean no more than _in thy abode_, but here where it stands in parallelism to _thy holy mountain_, it is natural to see a reference to -the tent" which David pitched for the Ark on Mount Zion. Cp. Psalms 27:5-6. -Sojourn" commonly denotes a t