Psalms 134:1
A Song of the going up. Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
2Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.
1 Chronicles 9:27Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.
1 Chronicles 23:30They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;
2 Chronicles 35:5And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.
Psalms 84:5\84:4\Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)
Psalms 113:1Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the 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 →