Psalms 134:2

Psalms 134:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the Lord!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, And bless the Lord.

Context of Psalms 134:2

1Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who serve at night in the house of the Lord. Lift your hands toward the sanctuary, and praise the Lord. 3May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Jerusalem.

Psalms 134:2 word by word

שְׂאֽוּ־יְדֵכֶ֥ם קֹ֑דֶשׁ וּ֝בָרֲכוּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: trustH5375
• your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• and blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Psalms 134:2

• Psalms 28:2Listen to my prayer for mercy as I cry out to you for help, as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
• Psalms 63:4I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
• Psalms 141:2Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
• Lamentations 2:19Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children, for in every street they are faint with hunger.
• Lamentations 3:41Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,
• Psalms 26:6I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O Lord,
• 1 Timothy 2:8In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.

Commentaries on Psalms 134:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary - Margin, In holiness. The Hebrew word properly means holiness, but it may be applied to a holy place. See Psalm 20:2. The lifting up of the hands is properly expressive of prayer, but the phrase may be used to denote praise or worship in general. And bless the Lord - In the night-watches - while all around is still, - let there be one place where the voice of praise shall ascend on high.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Those who serve by night were the priests and Levites (see also Psalm 135:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-3stand in the house of the Lord--at the time of the evening sacrifice, to unite in praising God in their name and that of the people, using appropriate gestures, to which the priests reply, pronouncing the Mosaic blessing which they alone could pronounce. A fit epilogue to the whole pilgrim-book, Psalms 120-134. by night--the evening service (Psa 141:2), as opposed to morning (Psa 92:2). 2. Lift up your hands--(Compare Psa 28:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 134:2

• Church
• Praise

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Commentaries on Psalms 134

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• 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