Psalms 134:1
Behold, bless ye LORD, all ye servants of LORD, who stand by night in the house of LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time LORD set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of LORD, to stand before LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
1 Chronicles 9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was upon them, and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
1 Chronicles 23:30And to stand every morning to thank and praise LORD, and likewise at evening.
2 Chronicles 35:5And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the sons of the people, and the portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
Psalms 84:5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the highways [to Zion].
Psalms 113:1Praise ye LORD. Praise, O ye servants of LORD. Praise the name of LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 134:1
This is the last of the fifteen songs of degrees; and, if they were at any time sung all together in the temple-service, it is fitly made the conclusion of them, for the design of it is to stir up the ministers to go on with their work in the night, when the solemnities of the day were over. Some make this psalm to be a dialogue. I. In the first two verses , the priests or Levites who sat up all night to keep the watch of the house of the Lord are called upon to spend their time while they were upon the guard, not… Read the whole commentary →