Behold how good a thing it is, And how becoming well

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Behold how good a thing it is, And how becoming well

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1 Behold, how good a thing it is,
and how becoming well,
Together such as brethren are
in unity to dwell!
2 Like precious ointment on the head,
that down the beard did flow,
Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts,
did of his garments go.

3 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth
on Zion' hills descend:
For there the blessing God commands,
life that shall never end.

Source: Foundations Psalter: 1650 Scottish Psalter #133

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First Line:	Behold how good a thing it is, And how becoming well
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 133
(hymns)

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Notes

Behold, how good a thing it is, And how, &c. [Ps. cxxxiii.] From the Scottish Psalter, 1650, into Spurgoon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, No. 133. In the American Presbyterian Hymnal, Philadelphia, 1874, No. 593, it is altered to "Behold, how good and pleasant," &c. In this form it is also in other American collections.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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