1 «A Song of degrees of David.» Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwellBecause the greatest part was against David, though some favoured him, yet when he was established king at length, they joined all together like brothers: and therefore he shows by these similarities the convenience of brotherly love.together in unity!
2 [It is] like the preciousThe ointment was a figure of the graces which come from Christ the head of his Church.ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew ofBy Hermon and Zion he means the plentiful country about Jerusalem.Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the mountains of Zion: forWhere there is such concord.there the LORD commanded the blessing, [even] life for evermore.
