psalm

A song of David for going up to the Temple.

133 
Oh, how wonderful, how pleasing it is

when God’s people all come together as one[a]!

It is like the sweet-smelling oil that is poured over the high priest’s[b] head,

that runs down his beard flowing over his robes.

It is like a gentle rain[c] from Mount Hermon falling on Mount Zion.

It is there that the Lord has promised his blessing of eternal life.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 133:1 when … as one Or “when brothers live together in peace.”
  2. Psalm 133:2 high priest’s Literally, “Aaron’s.”
  3. Psalm 133:3 gentle rain Or “mist” or “snow.” The Hebrew can mean either “the oil is like the mist …” or “Aaron’s beard is like the snow ….”