Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 134:1

Whole Psalm. There are two things in this Psalm.

1. Our blessing God: Ps 134:1-2. a) How? By gratitude, by love, by obedience, by prayer, by praise. b) Where? "in the house of the Lord", "in the sanctuary." c) When? Not in the day merely, but at night. Some of old spent the whole night, others part of the night, in the temple, praising God. As Christ spent whole nights in prayer for his people, they should not think it too much occasionally to spend whole nights in praise of him. Evening services should not be neglected on the Sabbath, nor on other days of the week.

2. God blessing us: Ps 134:3. a) The persons blessed: "bless thee" —every one who blesses him. b) The condition: "out of Zion." In the fulfilment of religious duties, not in the neglect of them. c) The blessing itself: of the Lord. They are blessed whom he blesses. —R.

Whole Psalm.

1. God —Jehovah —the fountain of blessing.

2. The heavens and the earth, evidence of divine capacity to bless.

3. The church, a channel of blessing.

4. The saints, the means of spreading blessing, through the spirit of blessing.

5. The riches involved in the divine benediction. —Samuel Martin.

Whole Psalm.

1. Unique service: temple watching, night sentinelship. 2 Sublime society: the awful things of the sanctuary.

3. Holy uplifting: hands, hearts, eyes.

4. Praise in the darkness heard far up in the light.

5. Response from the stars fulfilling the prayer: "The Creator Lord bless thee." —W.B.H.

1. Night settles on the holy place: dark periods of church story.

2. But God has his guards: Wycliffe and his band watching for the Reformation; Waldenses, etc. Never a night so dark but God is praised and served.

3. Be it night or day, let the Levites fulfil their courses. —W.B.H.