John Trapp on Psalms 134

PSAL. CXXXIV.

VErſ. 1 Behold, bleſs yee the Lord] This ſhort Pſalm (the laſt of the fifteen Graduals) is br[illegible: 1 letter]ve Sacerdotum ſpeculum, ſaith an Expoſitour; a mirrour for Miniſters, who are firſt excited by a Behold, as by the ſounding of a trumpet, or the ringing of a Sermon-bell: And ſecondly, exhorted to praiſe God, and to pray unto him; whereunto if wee adde their teaching of Jacob Gods Judgements, whereof Moſes mindeth them, Deut. 33.10. what more can bee required of Archippus, to the fulfilling of his miniſtry? and if hee bee ſlack, hee muſt bee told of it, Col. 4.17. yet with all due reſpect and reverence to his office, 1 Tim. 5.1. And it were fat better, if they would rouſe up themſelves with the wakefull Cock, and not keep ſleepy centry in the Sanctuary.

All yee Servants of the Lord] Yee Prieſts and Levites, who are Gods Servants, but of a more than ordinary alloy; ſervants of nobleſt imployment about him. Such are all faithfull Miniſters; each of them may ſay with Paul, Act. 27.23. whoſe I am, and whom I ſerve.

Which by night ſtand in the houſe of the Lord] Keeping watch and ward there in your turns, Num. 58.1, 2, &c. 1 Chron. 9.33. The Rabbins ſay, that the High-Prieſt only ſat in the Sanctuary (as did Eli, 1 Sam. 1.) the reſt ſtood; as ready preſt to do their office.

Verſ. 2 Lift up your hands in the Sanctuary] Or, Lift up holy hands, as 1 Tim. 2.8. One readeth it, out of the Hebrew; Lift up your hands, Sanctuary, that is, ye Sanctuary-men, continens pro contento Hearts and hands muſt both up to Heaven, Lam. 3.41. and God bee glorified both with ſpirits and bodies, which are the Lords, 1 Cor. 6.20.

And bleſs the Lord] Like ſo many earth'y Angels; and as if yee were in Heaven already, ſay

Verſ. 3 The Lord that made Heaven and Earth] And therefore hath the bleſſings of both lives in his hand to beſtow. See Num. 6.24.

Bleſs thee out of Zion] They are bleſſings indeed that come out of Zion; choice, peculiar bleſſings even above any that come out of Heaven and Earth. Compare Pſal. 128.5. and the promiſe, Exod. 20.24. In all places where I put the memory or my name, I will come unto thee and bleſs thee.