Psalms 134:1
Alleluia. 1 Praise ye the name of the Lord; 1 Praise the Lord, ye his servants, 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2Who stand in the house of the Lord, 1 In the courts of the house of our God. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.
1 Chronicles 9:27For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
1 Chronicles 23:30and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
2 Chronicles 35:5And stand ye in the house according to the divisions of the houses of your families for your brethren the sons of the people; so also let there be for the Levites a division of the house of their family.
Psalms 84:5Turn us, O God of our salvation, 1 And turn thine anger away from us. 1
Psalms 113:1Alleluia. 1 At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, 1 Of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people, 1
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 →