Priests keep watch by lamplight as departing pilgrims cross the courtyard beneath stars and sunrise

Psalm 134

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Psalm 134 closes the pilgrimage collection with a nighttime exchange of blessing. Sanctuary servants continue praise while others rest or depart, and worshipers receive blessing from the maker of heaven and earth.
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1Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.
2Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
3May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,

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