\<>\. This is the last of the psalms called “songs of degrees”; of which \see Gill on “Ps. 120:1”\, title. It is thought to be written by David, either when he brought the ark to Zion, 2 Sam. 6:17, 2 Sam. 6:18; or rather when he numbered the Levites, and appointed them their service, 1 Chron.

Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord All men are of right the servants of God being his creatures; and are under obligation, through his providential goodness, to bless and praise him; though they are not all in fact so: but all good men are, being made so by the power of divine…

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary Which Aben Ezra interprets of the priests lifting up their hands to bless the people; but Kimchi, better, of lifting up of the hands to God in prayer; see ; which should be done “with holiness”, as the Targum renders it, in a holy manner; and is the same with…

The Lord, that made heaven and earth, bless thee out of Zion. ] These are not the words of the priests blessing the people in this form, as some; but rather, as others, the wish of the servants of the Lord, that he would bless him that exhorted them to this service; whether one of the priests, or…