Psalm 134:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Lift up your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:6

Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people, their hands raised high, answered, “Amen, amen!” Then they knelt down and bowed before the Lord, their faces to the ground.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence so that I may process around your altar, Lord,

Psalm 28:2

Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help when I lift up my hands toward your holy place.

Psalm 63:2

O God, you are my God— it is you I seek! For you my body yearns; for you my soul thirsts, In a land parched, lifeless, and without water.

Psalm 63:4

For your love is better than life; my lips shall ever praise you!

Psalm 63:5

I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands, calling on your name.

Lamentations 2:19

Rise up! Wail in the night, at the start of every watch; Pour out your heart like water before the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, Who collapse from hunger at the corner of every street.

Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands toward God in heaven!

1 Timothy 2:8

It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.