Psalms 134:2
Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie, and praise the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
3The Lord, that hath made heauen and earth, blesse thee out of Zion.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra praysed the Lord the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: and they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde.
Psalms 28:2Heare the voyce of my petitions, when I crie vnto thee, when I holde vp mine handes towarde thine holy Oracle.
Psalms 63:4Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy name.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the lifting vp of mine hands as an euening sacrifice.
Lamentations 3:41Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.
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 →