Text -- Psalms 134:1-3 (NET)

Psalm 134

134:1 A song of ascents. Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night. 134:2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the Lord! 134:3 May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 134:1

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 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 tn Heb “Look!”

⁴ tn Heb “stand.”

NET Notes: Psa 134:3

¹ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine singular, suggesting that the servants addressed in vv. 1-2 are responding to the psalmist.

² tn Heb “may the Lord bless you from Zion, the maker of heaven and earth.”