Psalm 134:2
Context
2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
         And bless the LORD.

3May the LORD bless you from Zion,
         He who made heaven and earth.



NASB ©1995

Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.

English Revised Version
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

World English Bible
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

Young's Literal Translation
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
Library
The Charge of the Watchers in the Temple
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the House of the Lord. 2. Lift up your hands in the Sanctuary, and bless the Lord. 3. The Lord that made Heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.'--PSALM cxxxiv. This psalm, the shortest but one in the whole Psalter, will be more intelligible if we observe that in the first part of it more than one person is addressed, and in the last verse a single person. It begins with 'Bless ye the Lord'; and the latter words are,
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

A Divine Colloquy Between the Soul and Her Saviour Upon the Effectual Merits of his Dolorous Passion.
Soul. Lord, wherefore didst thou wash thy disciples' feet? Christ. To teach thee how thou shouldst prepare thyself to come to my supper. Soul. Lord, why shouldst thou wash them thyself? (John xiii. 4.) Christ. To teach thee humility, if thou wilt be my disciple. Soul. Lord, wherefore didst thou before thy death institute thy last supper? (Luke xxii. 19, 20.) Christ. That thou mightst the better remember my death, and be assured that all the merits thereof are thine. Soul. Lord, wherefore wouldst
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety

Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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