CXXXIV. This little song, with its appeal and its response, fitly closes the Songs of the Steps. It is a challenge to the Levites going on duty for the night to praise Jehovah, as others have already done by day. For the importance of this psalm in deciding the date of the close of the Psalter, see... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL YE SERVANTS. — We learn from 1 Chronicles 9:33 that there were Levites whose duties brought them to the Temple by night. Moreover, the word _‘âmad,_ “stand,” is the customary word for sacerdotal service (Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 18:7; 1 Chronicles 23:30, &c).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT UP YOUR HANDS (see Note, Psalms 28:2) (in) the sanctuary. — The usual meaning would be _to the sanctuary_ (see reference above), but since the servants of Jehovah are here addressed as standing _in_ the sanctuary, this direction seems unreasonable. Render, therefore, _in holiness,_ and comp. “l... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH. — For this style, as frequent in this group of psalms, see Psalms 121:2.... [ Continue Reading ]