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Psalms 15:1 open_in_new
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.
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Psalms 15:2 open_in_new
walketh. walketh habitually.
walketh... worketh... speaketh. Note Figure of speech Anabasis.
uprightly. without blame.
truth. First occurrence in the Psalms.
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Psalms 15:3 open_in_new
He that. that never hath. So in the following two lines.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
neighbour. friend.
taketh up. receiveth.
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Psalms 15:4 open_in_new
to his own hurt. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "to his neighbour".
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Psalms 15:5 open_in_new
usury. Compare Exodus 22:25.Leviticus 25:36; Leviticus 25:37; Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy 23:20.
reward. bribery. Compare Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 27:25.
never be moved. See Psalms 15:1. Contrast Psalms 9:15; Psalms 9:17, and compare Matthew 7:24-27; Matthew 16:8. Mat 125:1.