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Psalms 133
Three verses, one image stacked on another. The poet praises kindred living together in unity and reaches for two pictures to say what that feels like: oil running down Aaron's beard onto his robes, and the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's hills. Watch how the comparisons move downward — oil descending, dew descending — and land on the last word, a blessing the LORD commands there: life forever.
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See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
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It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that came down on the edge of his robes,
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like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forever more.
Why oil and dew
Both images are about something poured from above that spreads and saturates. The anointing oil ties unity to the priesthood of Aaron; Hermon's dew, carried south to dry Zion, makes it a gift no one manufactures. One of the Songs of Ascents, sung by pilgrims gathering at the temple, it fits a crowd arriving together.
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