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Psalm 134:1

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Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night.

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They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks.

My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.”

Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires!

Praise the Lord! Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord!

In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me.

I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?

I was glad because they said to me, “We will go to the Lord’s temple.”

I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.

“If the Lord had not been on our side” – let Israel say this! –

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming.

If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.

How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

“Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.

I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

O Lord, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort,

Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together!

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear Him, both the small and the great!”

For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.




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