Al, and especially clergie men that serue the Church, are inuited to prayse God by day and by night, so shal they be blessed of God.
1Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.Cantico de' gradi. Su via benedite adesso il Signore, tutti voi servi del Signore. Voi, che fate vostro soggiorno nella casa del Signore, nei cortili della casa del nostro Dio.A gradual Canticle. LOE now blesse our Lord, al ye the seruantes of our Lord: Which stand in the house of our Lord, in the courtes of the house of our God.Canticum graduum. Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum, omnes servi Domini: / qui statis in domo Domini, / in atriis domus Dei nostri. 2In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord.La notte alzate le vostre mani verso il santuario, e benedite il Signore.In the nightes lift vp your handes vnto the holie places, and blesse ye our Lord.In noctibus extollite manus vestras in sancta, / et benedicite Dominum. 3May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth.Benedica te da Sionne il Signore, che fece il cielo, e la terra.Our Lord out of Sion blesse thee, who made heauen and earth.Benedicat te Dominus ex Sion, / qui fecit cælum et terram.
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Berthier
Canticle. David composed it for the Levites going on duty, (Haydock) or Solomon for the dedication of the temple. The people might use it on the last day of the three great festivals; or the Levites are exhorted to watch carefully. They may excite each other, (ver. 2.; Calmet) as all Christians should do, 1 Peter 2:9. (Berthier)
St. Hilary
In the courts, etc., seems to be taken from Psalm 134:2., (Calmet) as it is not in Hebrew. (St. Hilary)
Calmet
The court of the people was divided for the men and women, and perhaps there was a separate place for the priests, and for the Levites, in the court of allotted to them, where the latter kept watch. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Lift up. This posture was very natural, and expressive, 1 Timothy 2:8. (Haydock)
Josephus
Agatharcides testifies, that the Jews did no servile work on the sabbath, but "stretched forth their hands to pray in the temple, till the evening." (Josephus, contra App. 1.)
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Calmet
Thee. "A Levite on guard answers the cantor," (Houbigant) or the priests say this to the people, when they were departing home, Numbers 6:23. (Calmet)
Worthington
Earth. All things were made to praise God. (Worthington)
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This last Gradual Psalme, as a conclusion exhorteth al to praise God:
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for to this end he made al creatures in heauen & in earth Gods perfection and goodnes. the 1. key.
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sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose 63.24
44. Men sit when speaking against others, they stand when they praise the Lord, to whom it is said: “Behold now, praise the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, ye that stand in the house of the Lord.”
san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Against Jovinianus 2.10
… What is the meaning of the seven and eight steps in the description of the temple? or again, what significance attaches to the fact that in the Psalter, after being taught the mystic alphabet by the one hundred and eighteenth psalm we arrive by fifteen steps at the point where we can sing:
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 134.1
1. “Behold, now, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 72.10
… Which indeed when it is put in a bad sense is wont to signify pride: as is the passage, “In thy wisdom be not exalted.” But in a good sense it belongeth to a more exceeding honour, as, for instance, when anything is being raised; as is, “In the nights exalt ye your hands unto holy places, and bless ye the Lord.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 134.1
1. “Behold, now, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord” ( ver. 1 ), “who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God” (
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 134.2
2. “Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord” (
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sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Expositions on the Book of Psalms 134.3
3. “The Lord out of Zion bless thee, who made heaven and earth” (
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