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Psalm 134:3

May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.

1A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD’s house!
2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise the LORD!
3May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.
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The blessing from Zion reaches toward you with a vast claim behind it: YHWH whose blessing is sought made heaven and earth.

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Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.Both texts name God as the maker of heaven and earth, grounding the psalm’s blessing in who he is.
Numbers 6:24‘The LORD bless you, and keep you.Both passages speak a blessing over another person, looking to the LORD as its source.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,Both passages name God as the source of blessing; Ephesians specifies spiritual blessing in Christ.
Psalm 128:5May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.Both psalms ask that the LORD bless the hearer from Zion.
Psalm 115:15Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.Both blessings identify the LORD as the one who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 20:2send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,Both passages look toward Zion as the place from which blessing or support comes.
Psalm 124:8Our help is in the LORD’s name, who made heaven and earth.Both psalms identify the LORD as maker of heaven and earth while speaking of his blessing or help.
Romans 11:26and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.Zion is the shared place: the psalm speaks of blessing from Zion, while Romans speaks of a Deliverer coming from Zion.
Jeremiah 31:23The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Yet again they will use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I reverse their captivity: ‘The …Both passages use the words “The LORD bless you,” with Jeremiah placing that blessing in speech heard after captivity is reversed.
Exodus 20:24You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place …Both texts connect the LORD’s blessing with a place of worship: Zion in the psalm and an altar in Exodus.
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The psalm ends with a blessing after its call to praise. YHWH from whom that blessing is sought is the maker of heaven and earth.

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