Psalms 134:3
May the Lord bless thee out of Zion, he that is the maker of heaven and earth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
In Context
2Lift up your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
Cross References
Ruth 2:4And, behold, Bo'az came from Beth-lechem, and he said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they said unto him, May the Lord bless thee.
Psalms 20:2(20:3) May he send thee help from the sanctuary, and support thee from Zion;
Psalms 110:2The staff of thy strength will the Eternal stretch forth out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.
Psalms 124:8Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Psalms 135:21Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, even he that resideth at Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
Psalms 146:5[But] happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God;
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 →