Psalms 134:2
You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
1Alleluia. Praise the name of the Lord. You servants, praise the Lord.
3praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing psalms to his name, for it is sweet.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people responded, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed down, and they adored God, facing the ground.
Psalms 28:2Bring to the Lord, glory and honor. Bring to the Lord, glory for his name. Adore the Lord in his holy court.
Psalms 63:4For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,
Psalms 141:2With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:41NUN. Let us lift up our hearts, with our hands, toward the Lord in the heavens.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 134:2-3
A Call to Bless God. 1 Behold, bless ye the Lord , all ye servants of the Lord , which by night stand in the house of the Lord . 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord . 3 The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. This psalm instructs us concerning a two-fold blessing:— I. Our blessing God, that is, speaking well of him, which here we are taught to do, v. 1, 2 . 1. It is a call to the Levites to do it. They were the servants of the Lord by office, appointed to minister in holy… Read the whole commentary →