Psalms 134:2

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“Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!”

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BSBPD

“Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lift up your hands <FI>in<Fi> the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 134:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Nehemiah 8:6Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
  2. Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
  3. Psalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
  4. Psalms 63:2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
  5. Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
  6. Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
  7. Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
  8. Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  9. Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
  10. 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

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