Pentecost Season · Proper 17 · Year B

Psalm 15

Who May Dwell on Your Holy Hill

August 29, 2027

Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle, James Tissot — **Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle**, James Tissot, c. 1896-1902Jewish Museum, New York · public domain

Revised Common Lectionary

GospelMark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

EpistleJas. 1:17-27

Old TestamentSong 2:8-13 Alt. OTDeut. 4:1-2, 6-9

PsalterPs. 45:1-2, 6-9 Alt. PsalmPs. 15

Overview & Insights

"O Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy hill?" (Psalm 15:1)

A psalm asking who may dwell with God, answered by a portrait of the person who walks blamelessly, speaks truth, does no evil to a neighbor, and keeps an oath even at cost.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Psalm 15 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on who may dwell with God for the semicontinuous track.

Enduring Word: Psalm 15 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the psalm.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Psalm 15:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries on who may dwell on the holy hill.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Psalms 15 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and Jewish commentary on the psalm.

BibleHub: Psalm 15 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the psalm.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Psalm 15 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Psalm 15.

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