Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

Psalm 15. This is a hymn celebrating the ideal worshiper of the Lord. Some call it an entrance liturgy, prescribing questions and answers by which the priests examine would-be worshipers for their qualifications for entering holy space. This is unlikely, however, since the qualities described in this hymn are matters of the heart, and thus no priest could know whether or not they were present. Similar passages appear in 24:3-6 and Isa. 33:14-16. The singing congregation does not claim to have achieved these character qualities; instead, in describing them the members yearn to have them more and more.

15:1 Question: Who Shall Dwell with God? The tent (cf. 27:4-6) and holy hill speak of the sanctuary where God is especially present with his people; to sojourn or dwell there is to be a divinely welcomed guest in God's house (cf. 61:4; 65:4), the end for which humans were made.