INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 134 A SONG OF DEGREES. This is the last of the psalms called "songs of degrees"; of which Psalms 120:1, title. It is thought to be written by David, either when he brought the ark to Zion, 2 Samuel 6:17; or rather when he numbered the Levites, and appointed them their service,... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, BLESS YE THE LORD, ALL [YE] SERVANTS OF THE LORD,.... All men are of right the servants of God being his creatures; and are under obligation, through his providential goodness, to bless and praise him; though they are not all in fact so: but all good men are, being made so by the power of di... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Psalms 141:2; which should be done "with holiness", as the Targum renders it, in a holy manner; and i... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD, THAT MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION. These are not the words of the priests blessing the people in this form, as some; but rather, as others, the wish of the servants of the Lord, that he would bless him that exhorted them to this service; whether one of the priests, or the... [ Continue Reading ]