Some of the Psalms are Psalms of Assent. They are songs for the road when you are on a holy pilgrimage. It is especially helpful to think of Psalm 133 that way.
At least twice a year the fathers and sons would make their way from wherever they lived to the temple in Jerusalem. (Deuteronomy 16:16) This is a song for brothers together on the road. Can you hear the deep men’s voices as they sing and stride up toward the Holy City? Can you imagine the hearts of the sons and fathers knit together in the Lord as the sons observed their father’s enthusiasm and devotion to the things of the Lord? There would have been a sacrifice of time and money to make a pilgrimage like that. That would become a cherished tradition.
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