Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
1Behold, bless ye LORD, all ye servants of LORD, who stand by night in the house of LORD.
3LORD bless thee out of Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra blessed LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands. And they bowed their heads, and worshipped LORD with their faces to the ground.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms 63:4So I will bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 134:2-3
A Call to Bless God. 1 Behold, bless ye the Lord , all ye servants of the Lord , which by night stand in the house of the Lord . 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord . 3 The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. This psalm instructs us concerning a two-fold blessing:— I. Our blessing God, that is, speaking well of him, which here we are taught to do, v. 1, 2 . 1. It is a call to the Levites to do it. They were the servants of the Lord by office, appointed to minister in holy… Read the whole commentary →