Vulgate><Douay-Rheims><Knox Bible
Canticum graduum David.
A gradual canticle of David.
(A song of ascents. Of David.)
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Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum, habitare fratres in unum!
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Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity:
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Gracious the sight, and full of comfort, when brethren dwell united.
2
Sicut unguentum in capite, quod descendit in barbam, barbam Aaron, quod descendit in oram vestimenti ejus;
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Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, Which ran down to the skirt of his garment:
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Gracious as balm poured on the head till it flows down on to the beard; balm that flowed down Aaron’s beard, and reached the very skirts of his robe.
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sicut ros Hermon, qui descendit in montem Sion. Quoniam illic mandavit Dominus benedictionem, et vitam usque in sæculum.
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as the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.
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It is as if dew like the dews of Hermon were falling on this hill of Sion; here, where the Lord grants benediction and life everlastingly.