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Psalms Chapter 134
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Psalm 134 Introduction
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This is the last psalm of the collection or group called "Songs of Degrees," and it is of the nature of a doxology as now sung in our places of worship. Its author is unknown. From anything that appears in the psalm itself, it may have been composed originally to occupy the very place which it does occupy here. The psalm is a summons to praise, and it would seem not improbable that it was designed to be sung by alternate choirs - the first Psalm 134:1-2 representing the people approaching the sanctuary, calling on those who habitually serve God there - the ministers of religion - to lift up their hands in the sanctuary and to praise the Lord; the second Psalm 134:3, the response of the priests or the ministers of religion, pronouncing a blessing on the people - a blessing as proceeding out of Zion.
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Psalm 134:1
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「看哪」——彷彿是在喚起人注意他們正在那裏、或已經來到這一事實。
「你們當稱頌耶和華」——讚美耶和華。表明他們願神受頌讚的心願，並召喚那些主持聖所公眾敬拜的人，此刻投入那事奉，以表達他們的感受。
「耶和華的眾僕人」——宗教的祭司或執事，被特別設立擔任這項事奉。
「夜間站在耶和華殿中的」——聖殿中有一班歌唱的人，將夜間、或夜間的一部分獻上用於頌讚；這事奉也可能如後來某些修道院那樣，由接續的詩班輪替，持續整夜。因此 1 Chronicles 9:33 說：「歌唱的有利未人的族長，住在屬殿的房屋，晝夜供職，不做別樣的工。」詩篇在此特別向這班人說話，彷彿他們特別蒙恩，或彷彿在夜的靜寂中、當世界在他們周圍沉睡時，他們特別得著神的垂聽。夜的靜寂中有某種有利於靈修的因素：當世界入睡，當我們獨自與神同在，當世上其餘的人都安靜不動、（彷彿）不需要祂的看顧時，神似乎會格外留意我們的呼求。這一切或許只是想像；但其效果或許是使心思更加肅穆，更適於靈修。
English original
Behold - As if calling attention to the fact that they were there, or had come.
Bless ye the Lord - Praise Yahweh. Making known their desire that God should be praised, and calling on those who presided over the public worship of the sanctuary to engage now in that service as expressive of their feelings.
All ye servants of the Lord - The priests or ministers of religion, appointed especially to this service.
Which by night stand in the house of the Lord - There was a class of singers in the temple who devoted the night, or a part of the night, to praise; and it is possible that this service may have been, as it was subsequently in some of the monasteries, continued by succeeding choirs, during the entire night. Thus in 1 Chronicles 9:33, it is said, "And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free, for they were employed in that work day and night." This class is particularly addressed in this psalm, as if they were especially favored, or as if they especially possessed the ear of God in the silence of the night, and when the world slumbered around them. There is something favorable to devotion in the silence of the night; when the world sleeps; when we are alone with God; when it seems as if God would more particularly attend to our cry since the rest of the world is still, and does not (as it were) need his care. All this may be fancy; but the effect may be to make the mind more solemn, and better suited for devotion.
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Psalm 134:2
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「你們當向聖所舉手」——旁註作「以聖潔」。這個希伯來字本義是聖潔，但它也可以用來指聖潔之所。參見 Psalm 20:2。舉手本來是表達祈禱的動作，但這說法也可以用來泛指讚美或敬拜。
「稱頌耶和華」——在夜間的更次——當四圍一切靜寂之時——願有一處地方，使讚美的聲音升到高天。
English original
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary - Margin, In holiness. The Hebrew word properly means holiness, but it may be applied to a holy place. See Psalm 20:2. The lifting up of the hands is properly expressive of prayer, but the phrase may be used to denote praise or worship in general.
And bless the Lord - In the night-watches - while all around is still, - let there be one place where the voice of praise shall ascend on high.
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Psalm 134:3
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「願造天地的耶和華，從錫安賜福給你們」——即萬有的偉大創造者。這大概是那些夜間在耶和華殿中事奉的人所說的話；是對頭兩節中致辭的回應。
「從錫安賜福給你們」——即賜福給那些如此親近聖所、又招呼殿中之人讚美耶和華的人。這就是回答：願神的福臨到你們。這話表明他們珍視那友善而鼓勵的問安，並以同樣的心意和美好的祝願回敬那些前來敬拜的人。因此，他們奉自己所事奉之耶和華的名，仰望他，向這樣親近聖所的人宣告祝福。人若懷着善意與同情親近神的殿——公共敬拜之所——斷不會得不着來自聖所的祝福，得不着歡迎他們、並滿足他們一切切望的回應。在錫安——在教會中——晝夜總有一個聲音，向那些願它安好、求它的益處、並渴望有分於神恩典的人宣告祝福。
「從錫安」——即：願神從錫安向你說話；願他將那正當地出自錫安的福、或錫安（他的教會）所能供給的福賜給你。不要未蒙福而去；不要缺少神恩眷的憑據而去——因為神必賜福給你。
English original
The Lord that made heaven and earth - The great Creator of all things. This is probably the language of those who were thus employed in the service of the Lord at night; their response to the address in the first two verses.
Bless thee out of Zion - That is, bless those who thus approached the sanctuary, and called on those within to praise the Lord. This is the answer. Let the blessing of God rest on you. It is language showing that they appreciated the kind and encouraging salutation, and that they reciprocated the feelings and the good wishes of those who came to worship. In the name of the Lord whom they served, therefore, and appealing to him, they pronounced a blessing on those who thus approached the sanctuary. People do not come near the house of God - the place of public worship - with kind and sympathizing feelings without a blessing from the sanctuary, without a response that welcomes them, and that meets all their aspirations. There is always in Zion - in the church - a voice, by day and night, which pronounces a blessing on those who wish it well, who seek its good, and who desire to partake of the favor of God.
Out of Zion - That is, may God speak to you out of Zion; may he confer on you such blessings as properly go out of Zion; or such as Zion (or his church) can furnish. Go not away unblessed; go not without a token of divine favor - for God will bless you.
這是被稱為「上行之詩」的系列或組合的最後一篇，其性質如同如今在我們敬拜場所中唱頌的榮耀頌一樣。其作者不詳。就詩篇本身所顯示的一切而言，它可能原本就是為佔據它如今所佔的這個位置而寫的。這篇詩是一個讚美的召喚，而且看來它很可能定意由輪流的詩班歌唱——第一部分（Psalm 134:1-2）代表接近聖所的百姓，呼召那些經常在那裏事奉神的人——宗教的執事們——在聖所中舉手、稱頌耶和華；第二部分（Psalm 134:3）是祭司或宗教執事們的回應，為百姓祝福——一個出於錫安的祝福。