Psalm 133:1-3 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!… It is a pleasant thing for the saints and people of God to agree together; for the same word which is used here for "pleasant" is used also in the Hebrew for a harmony of music, such as when they rise to the highest strains of the viol, when the strings are all pub in order to make up a harmony; so pleasant is it, such pleasantness is there in the saints' agreement. The same word is used also in the Hebrew for the pleasantness of a corn field. When a field is clothed with corn, though it be cut down, yet it is very pleasant — oh, how pleasant is it! — and such is the saints' agreement. The same word in the Psalms is used also for the sweetness of honey, and of sweet things in opposition to bitter things. And thus you see the pleasantness Of it, by its being compared to the harmony of music, to the corn field, to the sweetnees of honey, to the precious ointment that ran down Aaron's beard, and to the dew that fell upon Hermon and the hills of Zion: and all this to discover the pleasantness, profitableness, and sweetness of the saints' agreement. It is a pleasant thing to behold the sun, but it is much more pleasant to behold the saints' agreement and unity among .themselves. (W. Bridge.) Parallel Verses KJV: {A Song of degrees of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!WEB: See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! |
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