Old Testament Commentary - Psalms 133

by Don R. Hender


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       CHAPTER 133          

David says: It is pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity!

A Son of degrees of David.
  1 BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for abrethren to dwell together in bunity!
  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 askirts of his garments;
  3 As the dew of aHermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD bcommanded the blessing, even life for evermorea.
 3a life for evermore That is Eternal Life has its basis in the unity of the faith, becoming as it were one with Christ and God. Jesus spoke of this as recorded in the Gospel of John. Here is Psalms 133 it is also alluded to as that it is dwell togehter in unity that yields the blessing of life for evermore, even life eternal.