Psalms 133:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

As. [It is] like, as in Psalms 133:2.

And as the dew. Omit these italics.

descended. Compare Psalms 133:2.

Zion. The dew (or copious summer night mist) was one. The same dew descended on Zion in the south as on Hermon in the north. Zion's dew represents the tribe of Judah. Hermon's dew represents Asher, Ephraim, Manasseh, Zebulon, Issachar (2 Chronicles 30:11; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 30:25; 2 Chronicles 30:26). The idea is not in the motion of this dew, from Hermon to Zion, but in its uniting both in its copious descent.

there. Compare Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:14; Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 12:21.Psalms 128:5; Psalms 134:3; Psalms 133 is blessing in Zion; Psalms 132 is blessing for Zion. Psalms 134 is blessing from Zion.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Psalms 133:3

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.