Psalms 134:1
A Song of Ascents.Look! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,who stand by night in the Lord's house!
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In Context
2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary.Praise the Lord!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
1 Chronicles 9:27They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.
1 Chronicles 23:30and to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise in the evening;
2 Chronicles 35:5Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
Psalms 84:5Blessed are those whose strength is in you;who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
Psalms 113:1Praise Yah!Praise, you servants of the Lord,praise 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 →