Psalms 134:1
A song of degrees. Behold, praise ye the Lord, all ye seruants of the Lord, ye that by night stande in the house of the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie, and praise the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8The same time ye Lord separated the tribe of Leui to beare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and to stand before ye Lord, to minister vnto him, and to blesse in his Name vnto this day.
1 Chronicles 9:27And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.
1 Chronicles 23:30And for to stand euery morning, to giue thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at euen,
2 Chronicles 35:5And stande in the Sanctuarie according to the deuision of the families of your brethren the children of the people, and after the deuision of the familie of the Leuites:
Psalms 84:5Blessed is the man, whose strength is in thee, and in whose heart are thy wayes.
Psalms 113:1Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye seruants of the Lord, prayse the Name of the Lord.
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 →