Passage Research
Psalm 15 — Sermon Preparation
A question and answer about who may dwell on God's holy hill: the one who walks blamelessly, speaks truth, and keeps his oath even when it hurts. Below is a research summary for Psalm 15, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 15 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶשֶׁךְ | neshek | H5392 | 1 | interest |
| מוּר | mûwr | H4171 | 1 | alter, barter |
| שַׁחַד | shachad | H7810 | 1 | donation |
| רָגַל | râgal | H7270 | 1 | walk along, reconnoiter |
| בָּזָה | bâzâh | H959 | 1 | disesteem |
| נָקִי | nâqîy | H5355 | 1 | innocent |
| מוֹט | môwṭ | H4131 | 1 | waver, slip |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 directed to walk in that way, ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 15:1–30 (Public Domain)
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