Click here to read PSALM 134 in poetic form.
Background
Psalm 134 is in the Deuteronomy Book of the Psalms (Psalms 107-150). These 44 Psalms, like the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, show God’s Word as the source of salvation, deliverance, and healing. This would be fully carried out in the life of the coming Messiah, the living Word, Jesus Christ. Whereas Psalm 119 showed that God would raise the Messiah from the dead to eternal life, Psalm 134 is the last of 15 “songs of the degrees” (Psalms 120-134) regarding God keeping Hezekiah alive (see the notes on Psalm 120 for more details).
Psalm 134, written by Hezekiah, concludes the “songs of the degrees” by simply showing that thanks should be given for God’s great blessings in the Messiah.
Structure
(God’s blessing and peace through the Messiah)
(Verse 1) Bless the Lord, you servants of the Lord
(Verse 1) The Lord’s servants stand in His house (on Mt. Zion)
(Verse 2) The Lord’s servants lift their and hands and bless Him in His sanctuary (on Mt. Zion)
(Verse 3) The Lord, Who made heaven and earth, blesses in the Messiah (and what he will accomplish at Mt. Zion)
Key Scriptures
Verses 1,2—“Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.” These were the watchmen who guarded God’s house. Jesus Christ cleansed and protected his Father’s house on two occasions (John 2:15; Matthew 21:12).
He spoke God’s Word there at key points in his earthly ministry. His first recorded statement accurately reads, “And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49).
FOR FURTHER STUDY
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