Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: New Living Translation Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say, English Standard Version Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: Berean Standard Bible Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: King James Bible Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. New King James Version Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven. New American Standard Bible We raise our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; NASB 1995 We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; NASB 1977 We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; Legacy Standard Bible We lift up our heart to our hands Toward God in heaven; Amplified Bible Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven; Christian Standard Bible Let’s lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: Holman Christian Standard Bible Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: American Standard Version Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Contemporary English Version When we lift our hands in prayer to God in heaven, we should offer him our hearts and say, English Revised Version Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. GOD'S WORD® Translation Let us raise our hearts and hands to God in heaven. Good News Translation Let us open our hearts to God in heaven and pray, International Standard Version Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven. Majority Standard Bible Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: NET Bible Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: New Heart English Bible Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. Webster's Bible Translation Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. World English Bible Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWe lift up our heart on the hands to God in the heavens. Young's Literal Translation We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens. Smith's Literal Translation We will lift up our hearts upon the hands to God in the heavens. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens. Catholic Public Domain Version NUN. Let us lift up our hearts, with our hands, toward the Lord in the heavens. New American Bible Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands toward God in heaven! New Revised Standard Version Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLet us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in heaven. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated We shall lift up our hearts on our hands to God in Heaven! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Let us lift up our heart with our hands Unto God in the heavens. Brenton Septuagint Translation Let us lift up our hearts with our hand to the lofty One in heaven. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Justice…40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: 42“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”… Cross References Psalm 25:1 Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul; Psalm 86:4 Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. Psalm 119:48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. Psalm 28:2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. Psalm 63:4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands. Psalm 134:2 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. James 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 1 John 3:20-21 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. / Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer. Treasury of Scripture Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. lift Psalm 25:1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. Psalm 86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:6-8 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah… with Psalm 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Psalm 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Jump to Previous Hands Heart Hearts Heaven Heavens LiftJump to Next Hands Heart Hearts Heaven Heavens LiftLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies Let us lift up The phrase "let us lift up" is an invitation to action, a call to elevate one's inner being towards God. The Hebrew root for "lift up" is "nasa," which means to carry, bear, or take up. This action signifies a deliberate choice to rise above one's current circumstances, a theme prevalent throughout the book of Lamentations. In the context of ancient Israel, lifting up was often associated with offering sacrifices or prayers, symbolizing a surrender and submission to God's will. our hearts and hands to God in heaven Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Let us lift upנִשָּׂ֤א (niś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take our hearts לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ (lə·ḇā·ḇê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart and hands כַּפָּ֔יִם (kap·pā·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to God אֵ֖ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty in heaven: בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (baš·šā·mā·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky Links Lamentations 3:41 NIVLamentations 3:41 NLT Lamentations 3:41 ESV Lamentations 3:41 NASB Lamentations 3:41 KJV Lamentations 3:41 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:41 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:41 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:41 French Bible Lamentations 3:41 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our heart (Lam. La Lm) |