Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise the LORD!
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
1Look! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD’s house!
3May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
Psalms 63:4So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
Lamentations 3:41Let’s 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 →