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

Psalm 134

New Living Translation
Chapter overview
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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1Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.
2Lift your hands toward the sanctuary, and praise the Lord.
3May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Jerusalem.
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