☰ Psalms 134
134
1  A song of ascents.1
Attention!2 Praise the Lord,
all you servants of the Lord,
who serve3 in the Lord’s temple during the night.
2  Lift your hands toward the sanctuary
and praise the Lord!
3  May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth,
bless you4 from Zion!5 6
1 134:1 sn: Psalm 134. The psalmist calls on the temple servants to praise God (vv. 1-2). They in turn pronounce a blessing on the psalmist (v. 3). 2 134:1 sn: The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21. 3 134:1 tn: Heb “Look!” 4 134:3 tn: Heb “stand.” 5 134:3 tn: The pronominal suffix is second masculine singular, suggesting that the servants addressed in vv. 1-2 are responding to the psalmist. 6 134:3 tn: Heb “may the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth.”
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