PSALM CXXXIV _An exhortation to praise God in his sanctuary_, 1-3. NOTES ON PSALM CXXXIV This is the last of the fifteen Psalms called _Psalms of degrees_. Who was the author is uncertain; it is attributed to _David_ only by the _Syriac_; it is intimately connected with the two preceding Psalms,... [ Continue Reading ]
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; "in holy things; or, as the AETHIOPIC, in the house of the sanctuary." The expression seems very simi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 134:3. _THE LORD THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH_] Who governs and possesses all things; and who can give you every spiritual and earthly blessing. _BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION._] As if they had said, "We will attend to your orders; go in peace, and may God shower down his blessings upon you!" T... [ Continue Reading ]