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Psalm 15

Psa. 15:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, who shall ρabide
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
in thy tabernacle
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
? who shall dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in thy holy
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
hill
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
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ρ
sojourn.

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David,
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The Tabernacle

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  David describes a citizen of Zion.
Lord.
Psa. 1:1‑4• 1Blessed [is] the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,{HR}And hath not stood in the way of sinners,{HR}And hath not sat in the seat of scorners.
 2But in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight,{HR}And in his law doth he meditate by day and by night.
 3And he is as a tree planted by the waterbrooks,{HR}Which yieldeth its fruit in its season,{HR}And its leaf fadeth not;{HR}And all that he doeth prospereth.
 4The wicked [are] not so,{HR}But [are] like the chaff which the wind scattereth. (Psa. 1:1‑4)
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Psa. 23:6• 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;{HR}And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah to length of days. (Psa. 23:6)
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Psa. 21:3‑5• 3For thou meetest him [with] blessings of goodness,{HR}Thou settest upon his head a crown of pure gold.
 4He asked life from thee;{HR}Thou gavest [it] him—length of days for ever and ever.
 5Great [is] his glory in thy salvation;{HR}Majesty and honour thou puttest upon him. (Psa. 21:3‑5)
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Psa. 27:4• 4One [thing] have I asked from Jehovah, that will I seek after;{HR}To dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,{HR}To gaze upon the beauty of Jehovah and to consider in his temple. (Psa. 27:4)
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Psa. 61:4• 4I will sojourn in thy tent forever,{HR}I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. (Psa. 61:4)
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Psa. 84:4• 4Blessed they that dwell in thy house!{HR}They will be still praising thee. Selah. (Psa. 84:4)
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Psa. 92:13• 13Planted in Jehovah's house,{HR}In the courts of our God, they shall flourish. (Psa. 92:13)
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John 3:3‑5• 3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
 4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:3‑5)
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John 14:3• 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be. (John 14:3)
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John 17:24• 24Father, that what thou hast given me, I desire that, where I am, they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before [the] world's foundation. (John 17:24)
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Rev. 7:14‑17• 14And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
 15Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall tabernacle over them.
 16They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more nor in any wise shall the sun fall upon them nor any heat.
 17For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:14‑17)
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Rev. 21:3‑4,23‑24• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 4And [God] shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, and no mourning nor crying nor pain shall be any more: for the first things have passed away.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it. (Rev. 21:3‑4,23‑24)
abide.
Heb. sojourn.
holy.
Psa. 2:6• 6"Yet have I anointed my king upon Zion{HR}The mountain of my holiness." (Psa. 2:6)
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Psa. 3:4• 4I cry [with] my voice unto Jehovah,{HR}And he answereth me from the mountain of his holiness. Selah. (Psa. 3:4)
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Psa. 43:3‑4• 3Send thou thy light and thy truth: they shall lead me,{HR}They shall bring me unto the mountain of thy holiness and unto thy tabernacles.
 4And I will go unto the altar of God, unto God the gladness of my joy,{HR}And I will give thanks unto thee with the harp, Ο God, my God. (Psa. 43:3‑4)
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Psa. 87:1‑3• 1For the sons of Korah, a psalm, a song.{HR}His foundation [is] in the mountains of holiness.
 2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion{HR}More than all the tabernacles of Jacob.
 3Glorious things [are] spoken of thee,{HR}O city of God. Selah. (Psa. 87:1‑3)
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Heb. 12:22• 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage; (Heb. 12:22)
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Rev. 14:1• 1And I saw, and, behold, the Lamb standing upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty {i}and{/i} four thousand, having his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. (Rev. 14:1)
• Book 1, Series 2. The millennium. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Psa. 15 shows, evidently, that the direct application of these psalms is to the Jews in the last days. Still, there is a present government of God which it is well for saints to remember. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)
• The question is raised, who will be preserved through the persecutions and sufferings of the reign of Antichrist to enjoy the millennial blessings that will flow from the tabernacle and the holy hill of Zion? The psalm answers this question by presenting the moral features of the godly. (“Psalm 15” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?

W. Kelly Translation

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A Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent?{HR}Who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?