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The Psalm singing on this MP3 (digital download) covers Psalm 133:1-3, as sung to the tune Eastgate from the 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter.

1    Behold, how good a thing it is,

          and how becoming well,

      Together such as brethren are

          in unity to dwell!

2    Like precious ointment on the head,

          that down the beard did flow,

      Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts,

          did of his garments go.

3    As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth

          on Sion' hills descend:

      For there the blessing God commands,

          life that shall never end.

John Brown of Haddington's notes on Psalm 133 follow:

This psalm was perhaps penned when the Hebrew tribes concurred to fix David on his throne, or to restore him to it, 2 Sam. 5 or 19. Here is, (1.) A declaration of the excellency and pleasantness of brotherly affection, ver. 1. (2.) The illustration of this in two similitudes, ver. 2-3. (3.) The great advantage of it, ver. 3.

While I sing, let Jesus' love, shed abroad in my heart, make me exemplify my notes. How happy the churches and families where this prevails! And how blessed above all, the church above, where love, love for ever reigns.

From: THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE (The Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650) by the Westminster Assembly, Covenanted Church of Scotland General Assembly and Francis Rouse (1646-1650), With Notes Exhibiting the Connection, Explaining the Sense, and for Directing and Animating the Devotion On Each Psalm by John Brown Of Haddington (from the 1844 edition of this Psalter published by Robert Carter, New York).

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