Psalms 134:1
Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Lift up your hand in holiness, and bless Yahweh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time, did Yahweh separate the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,—to stand before Yahweh to wait upon him and to bless in his name (until this day).
1 Chronicles 9:27And, round about the house of God, used they to lodge,—for, upon them, was the charge, and they were over the setting open, morning by morning.
1 Chronicles 23:30and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks and offer praise unto Yahweh,—and, likewise, at even;
2 Chronicles 35:5and stand ye in the holy place, by the divisions of the ancestral house, for your brethren, the sons of the people, and the partitioning of an ancestral house, for the Levites.
Psalms 84:5How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart.
Psalms 113:1Praise ye Yah! Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh, Praise the Name of Yahweh;
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 →