Psalms 133:1
{A Song of degrees. Of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 45:24And he sent his brethren away, and they departed. And he said to them, Do not quarrel on the way.
Psalms 122:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.
Psalms 124:1{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say
Isaiah 11:6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:13And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the troublers of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will not trouble Ephraim:
Mark 3:25And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 133:1
This psalm is a brief encomium on unity and brotherly love, which, if we did not see the miseries of discord among men, we should think needless; but we cannot say too much, it were well if we could say enough, to persuade people to live together in peace. Some conjecture that David penned this psalm upon occasion of the union between the tribes when they all met unanimously to make him king. It is a psalm of general use to all societies, smaller and larger, civil and sacred. Here is, I. The doctrine laid down of… Read the whole commentary →