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Ps 135:1 King James Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A Psalm of praise, in which God's relations to His Church, His power in the natural world, and in delivering His people, are contrasted with the vanity of idols and idol-worship. (Psa. 135:1-21)

In the general call for praise, the priests, that stand in the house of the Lord, are specially mentioned.
 
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1 A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
1 A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
19 In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
1 A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.