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Verse Psalms 134:2. _LIFT UP YOUR HANDS_ IN _THE SANCTUARY_] קדש
_kodesh_, "in holiness:" or, as the SYRIAC, [Syriac] _lekoudishe_, "to
holiness;" _in sancta_, VULGATE; and εις τα ἁγια,
SEPTUAGINT;...
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LIFT UP YOUR HANDS IN THE SANCTUARY - Margin, In holiness. The Hebrew
word properly means holiness, but it may be applied to a holy place.
See Psalms 20:2. The lifting up of the hands is properly expr...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXXIV. EXHORTATION TO THE NIGHTLY SERVICE OF YAHWEH.
Psalms 134:1 f. may be addressed by a band of pilgrims to Levites who
were about to begin their nocturnal service. To them in response comes
the...
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_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 re...
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PSALMS 134
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Night Service in the Temple.
ANALYSIS
(See Inserted Headlines.)
(Lm.) Song of the Steps.
(ADDRESSED TO NIGHT-WATCHERS IN THE TEMPLE.)
1
Lo! bless ye Jehovah all...
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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
LIFT UP YOUR HANDS. The gesture signified elevation of the heart in
prayer ().
IN THE SANCTUARY. The Chaldaic Targum has 'with holiness;'...
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134:2 in (h-5) Or 'to.' sanctuary, (i-7) Or 'of holiness,' _ Kodesh_ .
see Psalms 89:5 ....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 134
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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שְׂאֽוּ ־יְדֵכֶ֥ם קֹ֑דֶשׁ וּ֝ בָרֲכוּ
אֶת ־יְ
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Psalms 134:1
THIS fragment of song closes the pilgrim psalms after the manner of a
blessing. It is evidently antiphonal, Psalms 134:1 being a greeting,
the givers of which are answered in Psalms 134:3...
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UNITY IS OF GOD
Psalms 133:1-3; Psalms 134:1-3
The word _Behold_ suggests that some special manifestation of unity
was taking place under the psalmist's eyes, perhaps in connection with
some great...
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This is the last of the Songs of Ascents, and breathes the spirit of
rest. As in the previous one, the joy of the fellowship of faithful
souls was the burden, here it is that of the sense of peace and...
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Lift up your (b) hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
(b) For their charge was not only to keep the temple, but to pray
there and to give God thanks....
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_Courts. Both clergy and laity praise God for his favours and power.
(Worthington)_...
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Psalms 134 closes the series by calling on the servants of Jehovah to
bless Him. Night and day should furnish praise to Him, and in the holy
place holy hands be lifted up to bless. Jehovah was there,...
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LIFT UP YOUR HANDS [IN] THE SANCTUARY,.... Which Aben Ezra interprets
of the priests lifting up their hands to bless the people; but Kimchi,
better, of lifting up of the hands to God in prayer; see
P...
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Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Ver. 2. _Lift up your hands in the sanctuary_] Or, Lift up holy
hands, as 1 Timothy 2:8. One readeth it, out of the Hebrew, Lift up
your han...
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_Behold, bless ye the Lord_, &c. Attend to your duty, O ye ministers
of the Lord; who not only by day, but by night also, reverently wait
upon him in his house, 1 Chronicles 9:33. Employ your hearts a...
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Lift up your hands in the Sanctuary, in a gesture of appeal, AND BLESS
THE LORD, the admonition being not to forsake the acts of worship and
devotion while engaged in the duty of watching. The congreg...
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THE OFFICE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE CHURCH.
A song of degrees, probably used, by its original purpose, as the
greeting of the worshiping multitudes at the opening of a great
festival, the priests answe...
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IN THE SANCTUARY:
Or, in holiness...
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Lift up your hands unto God in prayer and praises, thus expressing and
exciting your inward devotion. In the sanctuary; in that holy house of
God Where you stand, PSALMS 134:1. Or, in or with holiness...
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Psalms 134:2 up H5375 (H8798) hands H3027 sanctuary H6944 bless H1288
(H8761) LORD H3068
Lift up -...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to, and prayer for, those who are constantly
ministering before the Lord.
CHARACTERS: God, night watchers.
CONCLUSION: Even by night, God's servants are under His eye and have...
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This is the last of the fifteen psalms entitled MAHALOTH, or _songs of
degrees._ See on Psalms 120. It is ascribed to David by the Syriac,
but has no title in the Hebrew. The first and second verses a...
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_Lift up your hands in the sanctuary._
THE SANCTUARY
The uses and meaning of this word “sanctuary” are very interesting
and instructive. In all countries and in all ages the word has been
used to den...
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_Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord._
MAN BLESSING THE LORD AND THE LORD BLESSING MAN
The two first verses of this psalm--the last of the Pilgrim
Psalms--are addressed by the cong...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 134:1. This final Song of Solomon 1:1 of
Ascents is geared toward a special worship occasion, perhaps the
opening or closing
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INTRODUCTION
“Three things,” says Delitzsch, “are clear with regard to this
Psalm. First, that it consists of a greeting, Psalms 134:1, and a
reply, Psalms 134:3. Next, that the greeting is addressed...
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EXPOSITION
THE" Little Psalter" of" Songs of Ascents" terminates here with a
short psalm, due probably to the compiler—a psalm of four lines
only. It consists of two portions:
(1) A call from those w...
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Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which stand by
night in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
and bless the LORD. The LORD that made heaven and earth bles...
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1 Timothy 2:8; Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 3:41; Psalms 141:2;...