13. Sharing the Road

(Psalm 133)

This Psalm is a celebration of people living in harmony. It is one of many “Songs for Ascents”, that is, a traveling song for hiking up Mount Zion.

To share a road is one metaphor for the message of 133.1: How good it is to be together in unity! The melody is light and simple. Can you picture us—all of us—side by side singing and hiking?

Behind the Song: May I point out something that may bug you? The Psalm does not say we are in agreement about theology, politics, or our pet style of worship. The text celebrates unity amid any and all modes of diversity.

REFRAIN
Sharing the road, how good it is
Sharing the road together
Sharing the road in unity
Sharing the road together, Sharing the road together

VERSE 1
Like fine oil running down the beard of Aaron
Morning dew falling on a holy place
Here God blesses, blesses life forevermore
Brothers, sisters, what a holy thing to gather everyone!

VERSE 2
Let’s go up, up the hill to work and worship
Let’s go up, side by side in harmony
Here God blesses, blesses life forevermore
Brothers, sisters, what a holy thing to gather everyone!

VERSE 3
When we give welcome to a friend or stranger
When we show hospitality and love
Here God blesses, blesses life forevermore
Brothers, sisters, what a holy thing to gather everyone!