Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD. New Living Translation Lift your hands toward the sanctuary, and praise the LORD. English Standard Version Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD! Berean Standard Bible Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! King James Bible Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. New King James Version Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless the LORD. New American Standard Bible Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the LORD. NASB 1995 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the LORD. NASB 1977 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless Yahweh. Amplified Bible Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the LORD. Christian Standard Bible Lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the LORD! Holman Christian Standard Bible Lift up your hands in the holy place and praise the LORD! American Standard Version Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah. Contemporary English Version lift your hands in prayer toward his holy place and praise the LORD. English Revised Version Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation Lift your hands toward the holy place, and praise the LORD. Good News Translation Raise your hands in prayer in the Temple, and praise the LORD! International Standard Version Lift up your hands to the Holy Place and bless the LORD. Majority Standard Bible Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! NET Bible Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the LORD! New Heart English Bible Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. World English Bible Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, "" And bless YHWH. Young's Literal Translation Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation Lift up your hand to the holy place, and praise ye Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and bless ye the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Lift up your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. New Revised Standard Version Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLift up your hands towards the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Lift up your hands unto Holiness and bless LORD JEHOVAH! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bless the LORD, All You Servants1A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD! 2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! 3May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.… Cross References 1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension. Psalm 63:4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands. Psalm 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering. Nehemiah 8:6 Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: 1 Kings 8:22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, Luke 24:50 When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Exodus 9:29 Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s. 1 Kings 8:54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. Ezra 9:5 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God, 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 119:48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. 1 Chronicles 29:20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king. Leviticus 9:22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down. Hebrews 12:12 Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees. Treasury of Scripture Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. lift up 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. in the sanctuary. Psalm 26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: 1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. Jump to Previous Bless Hands Holy Lift Praise SanctuaryJump to Next Bless Hands Holy Lift Praise SanctuaryPsalm 134 1. An exhortation to bless GodLift up your hands The phrase "Lift up your hands" is a call to action, a physical expression of worship and surrender. In the Hebrew context, the act of lifting hands is often associated with prayer and blessing. The Hebrew word for "lift" is "nasa," which means to carry or bear. This gesture signifies an offering of oneself to God, a symbolic act of reaching out to the divine. Historically, this practice can be traced back to the ancient Near Eastern customs where lifting hands was a common posture in prayer, symbolizing openness and receptivity to God's presence and blessings. in the sanctuary and bless the LORD Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Lift upשְׂאֽוּ־ (śə·’ū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take your hands יְדֵכֶ֥ם (yə·ḏê·ḵem) Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural Strong's 3027: A hand to the sanctuary קֹ֑דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity and bless וּ֝בָרֲכוּ (ū·ḇā·ră·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse the LORD! יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Psalm 134:2 NIVPsalm 134:2 NLT Psalm 134:2 ESV Psalm 134:2 NASB Psalm 134:2 KJV Psalm 134:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 134:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 134:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 134:2 French Bible Psalm 134:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary (Psalm Ps Psa.) |