PSALM 134. (C. M.) Daily and nightly Devotion.
I
Ye that obey the Immortal King,
Attend his holy place,
Bow to the glories of his power,
And bless his wondrous grace.
II
Lift up your hands by morning light,
And send your souls on high;
Raise your admiring thoughts by night
Above the starry sky.
III
The God of Zion cheers our hearts
With rays of quickening grace;
The God that spread the heavens abroad,
And rules the swelling seas.
This psalm, with several others near it, is called a Song of Degrees;
that is, to be sung on the steps ascending to the tabernacle or temple,
as the learned suppose: The king and his attendants sung the two
first verses, addressing themselves to the levites that kept the house
of the Lord; and the third verse is the response of the levites to the
king. There was a necessity of changing the form of this psalm, to
suit it to our usual christian worship.
