Day 15 of 15
Psalms 134
The final ascent song calls the servants who stand by night in the house of the LORD to lift their hands and bless him, and returns the blessing from Zion's Maker of heaven and earth.
The last Song of Ascents, a nighttime exchange of blessing between pilgrims and the temple's ministers.
“1. “Behold, now, bless ye the Lord, all you servants of the Lord” Psalm 133:1, “who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God” Psalm 133:2. Why has he added, “in the courts”? Courts mean the wider spaces of a house. He who stands in the courts is not straitened, is not confined, in some fashion is enlarged. Remain in this enlargement, and you can love your enemy, because you love not…”
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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