Psalms 134:2
who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
1Praise you⌃ the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, you⌃ his servants, 1
3Praise you⌃ the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for it is good. 1
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. 1
Psalms 63:4to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear. 1
Psalms 141:2I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him my affliction. 1
Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our hearts with our hand 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 →