Psalms 134:2
Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
3May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion,
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.
Psalms 28:2Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.
Psalms 63:4\63:3\Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.
Lamentations 3:41Lifting up our hearts 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 →