Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 15
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.
walketh = walketh habitually.
walketh . . . worketh . . . speaketh. Note Figure of speech Anabasis.
uprightly = without blame.
truth. First occurrence in the Psalms.
He that = that never hath. So in the following two lines.
evil. Hebrew. ra"a". App-44.
neighbour = friend.
taketh up = receiveth.
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.
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