Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
In Context
3Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, The maker of the heavens and earth!
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:6and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, 'Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah — faces to the earth.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms 63:4So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
Psalms 141:2My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.
Lamentations 3:41We lift up our heart on the 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 →