3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,
May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;
The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters.
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
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Commentary on Psalms 134 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 134
This is the last of the fifteen songs of degrees; and, if they were at any time sung all together in the temple-service, it is fitly made the conclusion of them, for the design of it is to stir up the ministers to go on with their work in the night, when the solemnities of the day were over. Some make this psalm to be a dialogue.
In singing this psalm we must both stir up ourselves to give glory to God and encourage ourselves to hope for mercy and grace from him.
A song of degrees.
Psa 134:1-3
This psalm instructs us concerning a two-fold blessing:-