Psalms 134:1 KJV
Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of
the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
The Old Testament Temple was a place of constant service with priests
and Levites divided and assigned every duty imaginable day and night. Every
duty was considered holy and every servant was held responsible to worship God
as a part of his duty. Thus certain priests and Levites were charged with the
duty of standing watch or guard around the Temple through the night. It is to these men
this Psalm is addressed.
There is a good deal of Scripture that speaks well of the morning hours.
Here we find high praises for those who stand in the night. Albert Barnes writes
of these night watchmen that it is, "as if they especially possessed the
ear of God in the silence of the night, and when the world slumbered around
them. There is something favorable to devotion in the silence of the night;
when the world sleeps; when we are alone with God; when it seems as if God
would more particularly attend to our cry since the rest of the world is still,
and does not (as it were) need his care."
- May all who serve in any capacity see their
service as holy
- May they all do their work as it truly is, as
unto The Lord and
- May they use every moment of their service to
glorify and praise the Lord
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