1 A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. How good, how delightful it is when people live together lin harmony! 2 This is as precious as the oil used to anoint Aaron, running down from his head onto his beard, onto the collar of his clothes. 3 It's like the dew of Mount Hermon that falls on Zion's mountains. That is where the Lord gave his blessing of life that lasts forever.
Psalm 133 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (3)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Corinthians 1:10; John 13:35; Hebrews 13:1; Philippians 2:2–5
- 2 Leviticus 8:12; Exodus 30:25–30; Exodus 29:7; Proverbs 27:9; Exodus 39:24
- 3 Deuteronomy 28:8; Leviticus 25:21; Psalm 42:8; Deuteronomy 4:48; 1 John 5:11
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
It was right indeed, most beloved, that we should rather hear our Brother, my colleague, when present before all of us. And just now he refused not, but put us off; for he extorted from me that he might now listen to me, on the condition that I also may listen to him, for in charity itself we are all …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)