Shakespeare wrote that ‘journeys end in lovers meeting’ (‘Twelfth Night’), and the Psalms of Ascent conclude with the pilgrims’ arrival in Jerusalem to worship God. The last three Psalms of Ascent (Ps 132-134) are all focussed on Zion, with Ps 132 remembering the time...

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...