시편 Chapter 134

Translation: ESV

1

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!

Key Message

There is worship of those who guard God's house even through the night—this is the form of unceasing worship.

▸This is the final pilgrimage psalm, commanding the priests and Levites who serve in the temple at night to bless the LORD.

This is the final pilgrimage psalm, commanding the priests and Levites who serve in the temple at night to bless the LORD. It is understood as the form of pilgrims saying a final farewell to the temple guards before departing Jerusalem.

Related Verses

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!'
2

Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD!

Key Message

Lifting hands toward the holy place is an expression of whole-person worship oriented toward God.

▸Lifting the hands is the classic posture of worship and petition.

3

May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!

Key Message

The Creator God giving blessing from Zion is the purpose of all pilgrimage and the driving force of life after returning home.

▸This is the conclusion of all 15 pilgrimage psalms.