Psalms 15

Psalms 15:1

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.

Psalms 15:2

walketh = walketh habitually.

walketh . . . worketh . . . speaketh. Note Figure of speech Anabasis.

uprightly = without blame.

truth. First occurrence in the Psalms.

Psalms 15:3

He that = that never hath. So in the following two lines.

evil. Hebrew. ra’a’. App-44.

neighbour = friend.

taketh up = receiveth.

Psalms 15:4

to his own hurt. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “to his neighbour”.

Psalms 15:5

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; Matthew 125:1.