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Hymn · Psalm 133

Behold, How Good a Thing It Is

ARLINGTON · C.M. · words from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · music Thomas Augustine Arne

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Behold, How Good a Thing It Is it the that thing on dew that head, doth and is, on hold, pre Her Be 1. Like 2. As 3. good oint dew, a ment the mon's cious how the ron's er For Ev'n To there Aa geth as bless beard, such ing and on the be hills beard com Zi down how scend: flow, well, de did ing er ments to ni his shall ty gar nev go. end. dwell! God ren the com breth to u of that mands, skirts are in did life Scottish Psalter, 1650 ARLINGTON C.M. Thomas Augustine Arne, 1762

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.

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