Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 15:1

"Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?" — Psalms 15:1 (ASV)

Abide ... dwell. —Properly, as in margin, sojourn like a passing guest, and dwell like a resident. But here the two terms are apparently used as synonyms. It was the natural form in which to put the question at Jerusalem, where God had His abode in the Temple, and we may paraphrase it as follows: “What constitutes a true and genuine citizen of the kingdom of God?” The form of Wordsworth’s poem, “Who is the happy warrior? who is he,” etc., was possibly suggested by the Psalm, and it may be read with advantage alongside it.