This Psalm consists of a call (Psalms 134:1-2) and a response (Psalms 134:3). The call appears to be addressed by the worshippers in the Temple to the priests and Levites whose duty it was to render the nightly service of praise to Jehovah, and their leader responds to it with a priestly blessing. T... [ Continue Reading ]
_all ye servants of the Lord_ Not Israelite worshippers in general, but, as the following clause shews, ministrants in the Temple. _which by night stand in the house of the Lord_ -To stand before Jehovah" was the regular term for priestly or Levitical ministration. Cp. Deuteronomy 10:8 &c.; Hebrews... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lift up your hands_ The gesture of prayer. Cp. Psalms 28:2; 1 Timothy 2:8. in _the sanctuary_ Rather to _the sanctuary_, towards the most holy place, as the earthly dwelling-place of Jehovah. The rendering of R.V. marg., _in holiness_, is less probable.... [ Continue Reading ]
The response of the priests, Jehovah bless thee out of Zion, Even the maker of heaven and earth. The first line is taken from the priestly blessing in Numbers 6:24, with the addition of _out of Zion_(Psalms 128:5). The singular _thee_may denote the congregation as a whole or each individual in it... [ Continue Reading ]