Lamentations 3:41
Let's not just hold up our hands to God in heaven, but our minds as well, saying,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
In Context
40We should look at ourselves, examine what we're doing, and return to the Lord.
42“We are the ones who sinned; we are the ones who rebelled; and you haven't forgiven us!”
Cross References
Job 11:13But if you repent and spread out your hands to pray to him,
Psalms 28:2Listen as I appeal for mercy, as I call for help, as I hold up my hands in prayer towards your holy Temple.
Psalms 86:4Make me happy, Lord, for I've dedicated my life to you.
Psalms 141:2May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.
Isaiah 57:15This is what the one who is high above all says, he who lives in eternity, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, together with those who repent and who act humbly, restoring their spirits and encouraging them.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:38-42
The Duties of the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord . 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the foregoing verses , and may taste the… Read the whole commentary →