A Song of Ascents.
1Look! Praise YAHWEH,1 all you servants of YAHWEH,
Who stand by night in YAHWEH’s house!
2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary.
Praise YAHWEH!
3May YAHWEH bless you from Al-Quds;2
Even he who made heaven and earth.
- 134:1 YAHWEH, the name God revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.” ↩︎
- 134:3 Al-Quds, meaning “the Holy (City).” The Hebrew text reads Zion, a synonym for Jerusalem. It originally referred to Mount Zion, one of the hills of Jerusalem. ↩︎