Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
3The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands towards thy holy oracle.
Psalms 63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Lamentations 3:41Let us 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 →