Psalm 134
Come, Bless the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
134:1 Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,
who stand by night in the house of the Lord!
2 Lift up your hands to the holy place
and bless the Lord!
3 May the Lord bless you from Zion,
he who made heaven and earth!
This is the ESV version of the scriptures.
I love this psalm for a lot of reasons- I am often awake for long periods at night. And sometimes, it seems, that I am called to pray during these sleepless hours. “Stand”ing ” by night in the house of the Lord”- Jesus said His Father’s house is a house of prayer- so I believe that I am one of those servants lifting up hands in the holy placem making supplication and blessing the name of the Lord.
I also love to sing this psalm- it is a great lead in to prayer and sets my heart and head into the right place to pray.
And I love that it includes a blessing from the Lord directed from Zion from our Creator.
It is also short and sweet but its message is deep- as a song of ascents it is a pilgrim’s song, ushering us into the presence of the Almighty.
I’m singing this song tonight- notice that it includes an invitation?
“Come” as in join in!
Come and sing with me.
At night when I can’t sleep, I turn to the Lord in prayer also.I accept your invitation. Love you!
In our Sunday school class yesterday we learned about Jehovah Nissi–the Lord is our banner. Nissi means something lifted up–Moses’ arms were lifted up and the Israelites won the battle against the Amalekites. I spent yesterday and today (so far) reminding myself to lift my hands and bless the Lord–focusing on our Banner rather than the battle. I think it’s actually helping that crick in my neck, among other things… 🙂