Psalms 134

Psalms 134:1

ALl ye servants of the Lord] Ye that are Levites, appointed for this office, 1 Chron. 9. 33.

which by night] Heb. in the nights: that is, every night: to wit, by turns.

stand in the house of the Lord] To watch and minister in the Sanctuary.

Psalms 134:2

Lift up your hands] Psalms 141:2. For their charge was not onely to keep the temple, but to pray for the people there also, and to give God thanks, 1 Timothy 2:8.

in the sanctuary] Or, in holinesse.

Psalms 134:3

The Lord] The Levites answer to the former exhortation and their prayer for the people in their night-watches: sutable to the priests blessing, Numbers 6:24.

that made heaven and earth] And therefore hath all power, Blesse thee with his fatherly love declared in Zion, psal. 128. 5. Thus the Levites used to praise the LORD, and blesse the people.