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

1Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD. 3The LORD bless thee out of Zion; even he that made heaven and earth.

Psalms 134:2 word by word

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

• Liftנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: trustH5375
• upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: trustH5375
• handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Psalms 134:2

• Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
• Psalms 63:4So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
• Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the top of every street.
• Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
• Psalms 26:6I will wash mine hands in innocency; so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
• 1 Timothy 2:8I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

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