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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——仿佛是在唤人注意他们正在那里、或已经来到这一事实。
你们当称颂耶和华——即赞美耶和华（Yahweh）。表明他们的心愿：愿神受赞美；并呼召那些主持圣所公共崇拜的人，此刻投入这项事奉，以表达他们的感受。
耶和华的众仆人——即宗教的祭司或执事，被特别指派承担这项事奉。
夜间站在耶和华殿中的——圣殿中有一班歌唱的人，将夜间、或夜间的一部分，献上用于赞美；这项事奉可能正如后来在某些修道院中的情形那样，由相继的诗班在整个夜间持续进行。因此在 1 Chronicles 9:33 中说：“歌唱的有利未人的族长，住在殿宇中，昼夜供职，不做别的职务。”本篇诗特别向这一班人说话，仿佛他们格外蒙恩，又仿佛在夜的寂静中、当周围的世界沉睡之时，他们特别拥有神的垂听。夜的寂静中有些东西是有利于灵修的：当世界沉睡之时；当我们独自与神同在之时；当世界的其余部分都安静下来、（可以说）不再需要祂的看顾之时，神似乎会格外垂听我们的呼求。这一切可能只是想象；但其效果可能是使人心更加肃穆，更适合于灵修。
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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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向圣所举手——旁注作“在圣洁中”。这个希伯来词的本义是圣洁，但也可用于指圣所。参见 Psalm 20:2。举手本是祷告的恰当表达，但这个短语也可用来泛指赞美或敬拜。
称颂耶和华——在夜间守更的时候——当四围一片寂静之时——愿仍有一处，使赞美的声音上达高天。
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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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“愿造天地的耶和华”——即万物伟大的创造者。这大概是那些在夜间如此事奉耶和华之人的话，是对前两节中那问候的回应。
“从锡安赐福给你们”——意思是，愿神赐福给这些如此亲近圣所、并招呼其中之人称颂耶和华的朝圣者。这就是回答：愿神的祝福临到你们。这话表明他们珍视这仁慈而鼓舞人心的问候，并以同样的心愿回报前来敬拜之人的美意。因此，他们奉自己所事奉之耶和华的名，仰望祂，为这些如此亲近圣所的人祝福。人若怀着仁慈与同情的善意来到神的殿——公共敬拜之处——绝不会不得着来自圣所的祝福，必得着欢迎他们的回应，满足他们一切所愿。在锡安——在教会中——总有一个声音，昼夜为那些愿她好、求她益处、并渴望有分于神恩典的人祝福。
“从锡安”——意即愿神从锡安向你说话；愿祂将那本当出于锡安的福分，就是锡安（或祂的教会）所能供给的福分，赐给你。不要未蒙祝福而去，不要未得神圣恩眷的凭据就走——因为神必赐福给你。
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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.
本篇是称为"上行之诗"的那组诗的最后一篇，其性质有如今日我们敬拜场所中所唱的荣耀颂。其作者不详。就诗本身所显明的一切看，它起初可能就是为占据它在此处所占的位置而写的。本诗是一个赞美的召唤，而且它设计为由交替的诗班歌唱，看来并非不可能——第一部分（Psalm 134:1-2）代表就近圣所的百姓，招呼那些惯常在那里事奉神的人——即宗教的执事们——在圣所中举手，称颂耶和华；第二部分（Psalm 134:3）是祭司或宗教执事们的回应，为百姓祝福——一道出于锡安的祝福。