“Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?”
This psalm concerning the dwelling place in God's tent opens with the question who shall sojourn in Your tent and dwell on Your holy hill? establishing access to God's sanctuary as the supreme good. The tent and holy hill suggest the temple location and the sacred precinct where God dwells. The question presupposes that access to God's presence is restricted and available only to those meeting certain criteria. This opening establishes that the psalm will delineate the spiritual and moral qualifications for approaching God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 15:1
A psalm of David himself. 1. Touching this title there is no question. “O Lord who shall sojourn in Your tabernacle?” Psalm 14:1. Although tabernacle be sometimes used even for an everlasting habitation: yet when tabernacle is taken in its proper meaning, it is a thing of war. Hence soldiers are called tent-fellows, as having their tents together. This sense is assisted by the words, “Who shall sojourn?” For we war with the devil for a time, and then we need a tabernacle…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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