NOTE: From 120 to 134 the psalms are called ‘songs of degree”. Pilgrims sang these songs as they traveled on their thrice-yearly pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The 134th Psalm is the last one of the songs of degree. When pilgrims left Jerusalem at the break of dawn, they were moved with a sense of awe and melancholy as they watched the light emanating from the chambers of the priests who tended to the temple during the night watches.
Psalms 134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
There are those who pray, and there are those who are prayed for. There are also those who pray for the prayer warriors. Moses, as the good prayer warrior and intercessor he was, needed to be supported in that way.
When the children of Israel were fighting Amalek in the desert (Exodus 17:11-12), Moses, Aaron and Hur were watching and praying on a nearby hill. They realized that when Moses lifted up his hands in prayer, Israel was winning, but when Moses had his hands down, Israel was losing the battle. Aaron and Hur then decided to help prop up Moses’ tired arms until the battle was won.
Let us, with our prayers bless the pastors, the shepherds, the teachers, and the prayer warriors who spend their time by day or in the night watches praying for us. Let us not forget that their prayers are the winds that direct the fiery Word arrows to the heart of the enemy (1 Peter 5:8), and generate the noise of heavenly chariots that drives him away in fear (2 Kings 6:24; 7:5b-7).
Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
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