CXXXIII. The unity, which is in a manner so truly Oriental, eulogised in this poem, is not mere brotherhood, not political or even religious union _generally,_ but _unity at Zion,_ as the last clause of the beautiful little poem convincingly proves. Nor is it, as most commentators assume, the gather... [ Continue Reading ]
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 intensify it exactly like our “all.” (See, for instance, Psalms 25:3; 2 Samuel 19:30.) The common idiom,... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS LIKE. — The italics of the Authorised Version are wrongly inserted. _Unity_ could not be said to _flow down._ The other term of the simile is implied in Psalms 133:3. (See Note.) Literally, _Like the oil, the good oil, on the head descending upon the beard, Aaron’s beard, which_ (_was_)_ desce... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THE DEW... — Better, keeping the same word as in Psalms 133:2. _like the dew of Hermon, which descended on the Mount Zion._ This statement of the dew of a mountain in the _north_ descending on a mountain in the _south,_ appears so strange and impossible that our version inserted the words, “and a... [ Continue Reading ]