3 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase
The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.
Psalms Chapter 133 contains 3 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 150 chapters in Psalms.
1A pilgrim song of David How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!
2It's like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron's beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
3It's like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that's where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.
Psalms 133 in the The Message (MSG) contains 3 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.
The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Psalms 133 for a different perspective.
Psalms Chapter 133 contains 3 verses in the The Message. The book of Psalms has 150 chapters total.