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Like fine oil on the head,[a](A)
    running down upon the beard,
Upon the beard of Aaron,
    upon the collar of his robe.
Like dew[b] of Hermon coming down
    upon the mountains of Zion.(B)
There the Lord has decreed a blessing,
    life for evermore!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 133:2 Oil on the head: oil was used at the consecration of the high priest (Ex 30:22–33).
  2. 133:3 Dew: dew was an important source of moisture in the dry climate (Gn 27:28; Hos 14:6). Hermon: the majestic snow-capped mountain visible in the north of Palestine.

It is like precious oil poured on the head,(A)
    running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
    down on the collar of his robe.
It is as if the dew(B) of Hermon(C)
    were falling on Mount Zion.(D)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,(E)
    even life forevermore.(F)

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