Today’s passage: Psalm 134
Helpful thoughts:
- This is the final song of ascents, songs to be sung by those journeying to Jerusalem for worship.
- It is a fitting concluding song.
- In the first two verses, the congregation sings to the servants of the temple (“who stand by night in the house of the Lord”) to bless the Lord.
- In verse 3, the temple servants sing a response, “May the Lord bless you from Zion.”
Questions to consider:
- What does this psalm remind us of concerning worship? We can certainly worship alone at times, but what place does corporate worship also have in our lives? (Ephesians 5:19-21)
- What appears to be the effect of corporate worship in this psalm? Why is it fruitful to worship together?
- How is God described in verse 3? What truths come to mind when we consider the God who made all of heaven and earth would bless a specific people from a specific city?