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 priests and Levites returned from captivity, and united in the service of God in the sanctuary. This, t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 133:2. _LIKE THE PRECIOUS OINTMENT_] The composition of this holy anointing oil may be seen, Exodus 30:23; _sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, cassia lignea_, and _olive oil_. The odour of this must have been very agreeable, and serves here as a metaphor to point out the exquisite excellenc... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 133:3. _AS THE DEW OF HERMON_, AND AS THE DEW _THAT DESCENDED_ _UPON THE MOUNTAINS OF ZION_] This was not Mount Zion, ציון _tsiyon_, in Jerusalem, but _Sion_, שיאן which is a part of Hermon, see Deuteronomy 4:48: "Mount Sion, which is Hermon." On this mountain the dew is very copious. M... [ Continue Reading ]