--- title: "Psalms 133 - Study King James Bible with ellicotts commentary for english readers" description: "Read Psalms 133 with ellicotts commentary for english readers commentary. 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon th" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/ellicotts-commentary-for-english-readers/psalms/133" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/133)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/133)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/133) Audio 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant *it is* for brethren to dwell together in unity!* 2 *It is* like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, *even* Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, *and as the dew* that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, *even* life for evermore. [Psalms 132](/study/psalms/132) [Psalms 134](/study/psalms/134) ## Commentary To verse 1 (1) **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](/kjv/psalms/25/3); [2 Samuel 19:30](/kjv/2-samuel/19/30).) The common idiom, *gam shenayîm, “*all two” (i.e., both), exactly like the French *tous deux,*and the German *alle beide,*decides this. Many commentators, rendering *also together,*see an emphasis on the gathering for the yearly feasts: “How good and pleasant for those who are by race and religion brothers to unite for a sacred purpose” The allusion may be there, but the conjecture and purpose of the psalm, and not the form of the expression, suggest it. To a Hebrew, political and religious sentiment were always combined; and Jerusalem was the centre towards which their thoughts and eyes always turned. The translation of the LXX., “to the same place,” though not exactly rendering the Hebrew, perhaps brings out the thought, for the poet was plainly thinking of “unity at Zion.” This verse was quoted by the Roman legate at the meeting of Anselm and William II. at Windsor, Whitsunday, 1095. 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