Psalms 15:1
A Psalm. Of David. Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
In Context
2He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;
Cross References
Psalms 2:6But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 21:3\21:2\You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)
Psalms 24:3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?
Psalms 43:3O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.
Psalms 84:4\84:3\The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.
Psalms 92:13\92:12\The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength; his growth will be as the wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 15:1
The scope of this short but excellent psalm is to show us the way to heaven, and to convince us that, if we would be happy, we must be holy and honest. Christ, who is himself the way, and in whom we must walk as our way, has also shown us the same way that is here prescribed, Matt. xix. 17 . "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." In this psalm, I. By the question ( ver. 1 ) we are directed and excited to enquire for the way. II. By the answer to that question, in the rest of the psalm, we are… Read the whole commentary →