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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 133:3 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
  • BSB It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
  • NKJV It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing— Life forevermore.
  • NASB It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For the Lord commanded the blessing there—life forever.
  • NLT Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon that falls on the mountains of Zion. And there the Lord has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.

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Quick answer

Unity is like Hermon's dew on Zion, where God commands blessing and eternal life. It teaches that God Himself bestows life and blessing where His people dwell in unity.

Overview

David likens unity to refreshing dew descending on Zion, the place where the Lord commands His blessing, even life forevermore. Unity becomes the setting in which God pours out life-giving favor. This eternal life is given in Christ, who gathers His people into one and grants them everlasting life.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Deut 28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Lev 25:21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
  • Ps 42:8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
  • Deut 4:48From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
  • 1 Jn 5:11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Rom 5:21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
  • Mic 5:7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
  • John 6:68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
  • Josh 13:11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
  • Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • John 5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
  • Deut 3:8–9And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
  • John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
  • Prov 19:12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
  • John 6:50–51This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
  • Ps 21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
  • Rev 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
  • John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 133:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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