Ps 134 is a psalm of blessing and praise. Ps 132 has looked at blessing for Zion and Ps 133 at blessing in Zion, but here, there is blessing from Zion. (Alec Motyer, P 388) Other psalms have rightly looked at distress, power, security, but in this psalm, we are...

Ps 133 talks of the blessing of unity, using two analogies to describe this blessing. It is likened to the oil which ran down Aaron’s beard and collar, that anointing oil which symbolises the Holy Spirit and which set Aaron apart as high priest, and to the dew of...

The ark of the covenant was the symbol of God’s presence. The ark was a wooden chest, covered in gold, which contained the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments as well as Aaron’s rod (Numbers 17:1-13) and a pot of manna (Ex 16:4). When the Israelites were in the...