Lectionary Calendar
Monday, September 16th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Commentaries
Psalms 15

Bullinger's Companion Bible NotesBullinger's Companion Notes

Verse 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.

Verse 2

walketh = walketh habitually.

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

uprightly = without blame.

truth. First occurrence in the Psalms.

Verse 3

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

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44 .

neighbour = friend.

taketh up = receiveth.

Verse 4

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

Verse 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 ; Mat 125:1 .

Bibliographical Information
Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on Psalms 15". "Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bul/psalms-15.html. 1909-1922.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile