Psalm 134:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Lift up your hands in holiness and to the sanctuary and bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]!

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with faces to the ground.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. [I Tim. 2:8; Rev. 8:3, 4.]

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence, and go about Your altar, O Lord,

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplication as I cry to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your innermost sanctuary (the Holy of Holies).

Psalm 63:2

So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory.

Psalm 63:4

So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

Psalm 63:5

My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips

Lamentations 2:19

Arise [from your bed], cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward Him for the lives of your young children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street. [Ps. 62:8.]

Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [and then with them mount up in prayer] to God in heaven:

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire therefore that in every place men should pray, without anger or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up holy hands.