Psalms 134:2
who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
1Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, ye his servants,
3Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for it is good.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Esdras blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, and said, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their face to the ground.
Psalms 28:2Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; worship the Lord in his holy court.
Psalms 63:4who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;
Psalms 141:2I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the lofty One in heaven.
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 →