Chapter 134

Ps.135:1. Praise the name of the Lord, praise the servants of the Lord. And this psalm is spoken only to those who are still guided, and commands them: “praise the Lord,” because the word “allilu” is interpreted as “praise,” and the word “ya” is the Lord. Ps.134:3. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to His name because it is good. Encourages them to sing psalms after they indulged in idolatry in Egypt. They were descendants of Jacob, and were called to glorify God. Ps.134:4. Israel for its own sake, that is, into property par excellence; for the all-seeing mind is Israel. Ps.134:5. For I have known that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods. By creative power I knew that He is Lord. Ps.134:6. In the seas, and in all the abysses. Ps.134:7. Raising clouds from the last of the earth. He says this because the earth on the outside is surrounded by seas, from which he creates clouds. And this is a sign of divine power - to mix fiery lightning and water together. Drive away the winds from your treasures. The word “treasure” depicted the incomprehensibility of the nature of the winds for people. This is similar to what the Lord said: “The spirit breathes wherever it wants, and you hear its voice, but do not know where it comes from or where it goes” (John 3:8). Ps.134:8. Smite the firstborn of Egypt, from man to beast. I put the last plague in first place; because after it they received freedom. He also speaks about cattle, because they were created for man, and they are punished for him: and therefore, to increase fear, it is given to understand that the plague was sent from God. Ps.134:15. Idol the tongue with silver and gold, the work of human hands. After he has proven and glorified God's Providence, since he is speaking with slaves who had recently come from the pagans, by the way he also adds a denunciation of those gods whom they revered in ancient times. It’s as if he says: “For I have known that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods.” He did many and great things; and your former gods are dead and senseless only idols. Let those who make them be like them. For how can those who worship the inanimate not become petrified in their souls? And those whom he above, according to custom, called gods, he now puts to shame, and called them idols, humiliating them by the very indication of what substance they were made of and by whom. You might be interested in: