Passage Research
Psalm 133 — Sermon Preparation
A David Song of Ascents celebrating the beauty of brotherly unity, compared to precious anointing oil and to the dew of Hermon where God commands blessing. Below is a research summary for Psalm 133, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 3
- verses
- 40 / 32
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 133 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָרַד | yârad | H3381 | 3 | descend, go downwards |
| זָקָן | zâqân | H2206 | 2 | beard, age |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 2 | good |
| הָרָר | hârâr | H2042 | 1 | mountain |
| חֶרְמוֹן | Chermôwn | H2768 | 1 | Chermon |
| נָעִים | nâʻîym | H5273 | 1 | delightful |
| יַחַד | yachad | H3162 | 1 | unit, unitedly |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 133, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 133:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ps 133:1
- Mount Hermon— Ps 133:3
- Zion— Ps 133:3
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