Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hand in holiness, and bless Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
1Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night:
3May Yahweh, bless thee, out of Zion, even he that made heaven and earth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God,—and all the people responded, Amen! Amen! with the lifting up of their hands,—and they bent their heads and bowed themselves down unto Yahweh, with their faces to the ground.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee for help, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine.
Psalms 63:4Thus, will I bless thee while I live, In thy Name, will I lift up mine outspread hands:
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee,—the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift.
Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our heart, to the opened palms, to the Mighty One 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 →