Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
3May the Lord bless thee out of Zion, he that is the maker of heaven and earth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And 'Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads, and prostrated themselves before the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the most holy place of thy sanctuary.
Psalms 63:4(63:5) Thus will I bless thee while I live; in thy name will I lift up my hands.
Psalms 141:2May my prayer be valued as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands, as the evening offering.
Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto 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 →