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Lamentations 3:41
41Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven;
Lamentations 3:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- New International Version (NIV)Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.
Context of Lamentations 3:41
39Why should any living mortal, or any man, Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins? 40Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven; 42We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned. 43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain [without pity] and have not spared.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:41 word by word
נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:41
- Psalms 25:1To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 86:4Make Your servant rejoice, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul [all that I am—in prayer].
- Psalms 143:6I reach out my hands to You; My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
- Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help, As I lift up my hands and heart toward Your innermost sanctuary (Holy of Holies).
- Psalms 63:4So will I bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
- Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8Having such a deep affection for you, we were delighted to share with you not only God’s good news but also our own lives, because you had become so very dear to us.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:41
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-42Verses 40-42 The prophet urges men to search out their faults and amend them. Lamentations 3:40 And turn again to the Lord - Or, “and return to Yahweh.” The prep. (to) in the Hebrew implies not half way, but the whole. Lamentations 3:41 Literally, “Let us lift up our heart unto our hands unto God in heaven;” as if the heart first lifted up the hands, and then with them mounted up in prayer to God. In real prayer the outward expression is caused by the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-41Verses 37-41 While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, is far less than our sins deserve. We should complain to God, and not of him. We are apt, in times of calamity, to reflect on other people's ways, and blame them; but our duty is to search and try our own ways, that we may turn from evil to God. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-42Repentance is essential for receiving salvation (Isaiah 1:27; Jeremiah 3:22; Ezekiel 3:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4240-42. us--Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity. search--as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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