Psalms 134 (GNV)

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Chapter Text

134:1 A song of degrees. Behold, praise ye the Lord, all ye seruants of the Lord, ye that by night stande in the house of the Lord.

134:2 Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie, and praise the Lord.

134:3 The Lord, that hath made heauen and earth, blesse thee out of Zion.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "song", "degrees", "behold", "praise", "lord", "seruants", and "night". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "degrees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "degrees" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "degrees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.