the Feast of Tabernacles. That may be the setting here. In this case, the priests in verses 1–2 are calling upon the “servants of the LORD,” all the assembled people (cf. 113:1), to acknowledge their dependence upon the LORD: “lift up your hands” towards the sanctuary where the LORD dwells and “bless” him (cf. 63:4 for a similar use of “bless” and “lift up the hands” in a context of praise and thanksgiving). In verse 3 this call to worship is backed up by the pronouncement of a blessing upon the
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