Psalms 15:1
Yahweh, who are allowed to enter your Sacred Tent? Who are allowed to live on your sacred mountain?
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
In Context
2Only those who always do what is right and do not sin may do that. They always say what is true
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Yahweh says, “I have installed my king on Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem.”
Psalms 21:3In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head.
Psalms 24:3Who will be allowed to go up on Zion Hill in Jerusalem, in order to stand and worship in Yahweh’s holy temple?
Psalms 43:3Shine your light on me and speak your truth to me; and let them guide me, and take me back to Zion, your sacred hill at Jerusalem, and to your temple, where you live.
Psalms 84:4◄Happy are/You are pleased with► those who ◄live/continually worship► in your temple, constantly singing to praise you. (Think about that!)
Psalms 92:13They are like the trees that grow near the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, those trees that are close to the courtyard of the temple of our God.
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 →