Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 133:1-3
An exquisite gem of song describing the blessings of unity—suitable for a pilgrim song, when rich and poor, priest and peasant, might fraternise with Zion in sight.
An exquisite gem of song describing the blessings of unity—suitable for a pilgrim song, when rich and poor, priest and peasant, might fraternise with Zion in sight.
PSALM CXXXIII _The comfort and benefit of the communion of saints_, 1-3. NOTES ON PSALM CXXXIII There are different opinions concerning this Psalm; the most probable is, that it represents the pri...
BEHOLD - As if he looked upon such a gathering, and saw there the expressions of mutual love. This may have been uttered in the actual contemplation of such an assemblage; or it may have been a pictur...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXXIII. FRATERNAL LOVE. The general sense is clear, but it presents difficulties due to the intrusion of glosses. The unity spoken of here is the special good-will which becomes those who join in Tem...
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. The three subjects of the three Psalms of this last group are merged in blessing. OF DAVID. by David. Hezekiah found this Psalm exactly suited for his purpose. Da...
_Behold_&c. The Psalmist seems to have before his eyes some instance of the blessing and the beauty of brotherly concord which prompts his song. May it not have been the enthusiasm of those who volunt...
DISCOURSE: 727 THE BENEFIT OF CHRISTIAN UNITY Psalms 133:1. Behold, how goad and how pleasant it it for Brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran do...
_The benefit of the communion of saints._ A Song of Degrees of David. _Title._ לדוד המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth ledavid._] This psalm is thought to have been written by David upon the agreement o...
PSALMS 133 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Brethren in Fellowship: a Charming Spectacle. ANALYSIS A Glimpse of Fraternal Reunion (Psalms 133:1) suggests Comparison: (Psalms 133:2) with the Descending Oil of Sacr...
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalms 133:1.-The goodness and pleasantness of brethren dwelling together in unity. "Behold" accords with the refere...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 133H PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We w
IN UNITY. — Better, _altogether._ The Hebrew particle _gam,_ here used with the word “together,” is in our version sometimes rendered “yea,” when it plainly should be taken with the adjective to inten...
שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּעֲלֹ֗ות לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד הִנֵּ֣ה מַה
Psalms 133:1 IT is natural to suppose that this psalm was occasioned by, or at least refers to, the gathering of the pilgrims or restored exiles in Jerusalem. The patriot-poet's heart glows at the sig...
UNITY IS OF GOD Psalms 133:1-3; Psalms 134:1-3 The word _Behold_ suggests that some special manifestation of unity was taking place under the psalmist's eyes, perhaps in connection with some great...
At last the pilgrims are within the city. After the long and toilsome march their feet actually stand within the city of God. The common impulse of all has been the desire to reach the dwelling-place...
"A Song of degrees of David." Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell (a) together in unity! (a) Because the greatest part was against David, though some favoured him, yet whe...
Canticle. David composed it for the Levites going on duty, (Haydock) or Solomon for the dedication of the temple. The people might use it on the last day of the three great festivals; or the Levites a...
CONTENTS Our old Bibles make a very brief account in summing up the contents of this Psalm, but they say a vast deal in few words; they call it The benefit of the communion of saints! And indeed the...
_CHRISTIAN UNITY_ ‘Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.’ Psalms 133:1 Some things are good, but not pleasant; others are pleasant, but not good; it is not...
1._Behold how good, _etc. I have no doubt that David in this Psalm renders thanks to God for the peace and harmony which had succeeded a long and melancholy state of confusion and division in the king...
Psalms 133. The people are now dwelling together in unity. It is as the anointing of Aaron, which, poured on the head, gave the odours of divine favor on all, as the abundant dew of the lofty hills, b...
BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT [IT IS],.... Aben Ezra thinks the word thing should be supplied; the thing is what follows; FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY: which the Targum interprets of Z...
Psalms 133:1 «A Song of degrees of David. » Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ver. 1. _Behold, how good and how pleasant it is_] This David is thought...
_Behold, how good and how pleasant_, &c. It is _good_ in itself, agreeable to the will of God, and therefore peculiarly pleasing to him, as it is also to all good men: it is _good_ for us, for our hon...
THE BLESSING OF BROTHERLY UNITY. A song of degrees of David, in which he sets forth the blessings of true unity as it should obtain between brothers, friends, and members of the same church or church...
Behold, the psalmist's purpose being to set before our eyes the picture which he has in mind by inspiration of the Lord, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT, a source of delight and bliss, IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO...
TOGETHER: _ Heb._ even together...
PSALM 133 THE ARGUMENT. This Psalm was composed by David upon the happy occasion of the ending of the civil war between the two houses of Saul and David; in which, having felt the sad effects of disco...
Psalms 133:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 David H1732 good H2896 pleasant H5273 brethren H251 dwell H3427 (H8800) togeth
A SONG OF DEGREES Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms 112:2)....
Psalms 133:1 This is one of those bursts of feeling the truth and beauty of which every human heart at once acknowledges. Separation, isolation, discord, are unnatural and inhuman. I. If we wish to a...
Psalms 133 I. Consider what we may not expect even for the sake of attaining so good a thing as Christian unity. (1) It is absurd and even wrong to suppose that each particular denomination should sur...
CONTENTS: The happiness of brotherly love. CHARACTERS: God, Aaron. CONCLUSION: To live together in peace, love, concord and mutual agreement, not only in occasional meetings, but all through the cou...
The occasion of this short but beautiful psalm is not named; yet it is thought to have been written when the tribes, after a civil war of seven years with the house of Saul, came together, and made Da...
_Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity._ TRUE SOCIALISM The subject of this poem is genuine socialism or unity of souls. Not theological unity, religious dog...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 133:1. This wisdom psalm celebrates the beauty of unity. It uses two colorful similes to describe the blessedness of Israel being true to its calling....
INTRODUCTION In the superscription this Psalm is attributed to David. It has been thought by some that it was composed on the occasion of the coming of the elders of Israel to Hebron to anoint him kin...
EXPOSITION A SHORT psalm in praise of unity and brotherly harmony. As Dr. Kay observes, "The preservation of this unity was the object of the selection of ONE place, to which the tribes should go up o...
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! (Psalms 133:1) How sad and tragic it is for brothers to dwell together in disunity. Oh, how we need to strive to maint...
1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 John 3:14; 1 Peter 3:8; 2 Samuel 2:26; 2