Psalm 133

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1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

1 The blessedness of unity among brethren

A Song of Dregrees. This Psalm was probably composed when David was made king over all Israel Ps 122:1 124:1 131:1

how good Ps 122:6-8 Ge 13:8 45:24 2Sa 2:26,27 Isa 11:6,9,13 Jer 32:39 Joh 13:35 17:21 1Co 1:10 Eph 4:3-6 Php 2:2-5 Heb 13:1 1Pe 3:8 1Jo 3:14-19

together. Heb. even together

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

it is like Ps 141:5 Pr 27:9 So 1:3 Joh 12:3

that ran down Ex 30:25-30 Le 8:12

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

as the dew of Hermon. Mr. Maundrell says, We were sufficiently instructed by experience what the holy Psalmist means by The dew of Hermon, our tents being as wet with it as if it had rained all night. Some suppose that Zion here means a part of Mount Hermon; but it is not written Sion here, but Zion, which is at Jerusalem. De 4:48 3:8,9 Jos 13:11

for there the Lord Ps 42:8 Le 25:21 De 28:8

even life Ps 16:11 21:4 Joh 4:14 5:24,29 6:50,51,68 11:25,26 Ro 5:21 6:23 1Jo 2:25 5:11 Re 1:18