Psalms 134:2
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
BSB
ASV
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
KJV
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
In the nights lift up your hands unto the holy place. 'This world is set in the power of the evil one,' and 'our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of these darknesses.' Whence the apostle also says: 'The night is past, and the day is at hand.' Therefore this present age is the night: but the age to come is the day. Whence the apostle says: 'The night is past, and the day is at hand. Let us walk honestly, as in the day,' he says.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. In the holy place they must be busy, full of strength, wide awake, energetic, and moved with holy ardour. Hands, heart, and every other part of their manhood must be upraised, elevated, and consecrated to the adoring service of the Lord. As the angels praise God day without night, so must the angels of the churches be instant in season and out of season. And bless the Lord. This is their main business. They are to bless men by their teaching, but they must yet more bless Jehovah with their worship.
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Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
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Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
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Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which…
while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
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Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
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Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
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I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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Psalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
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May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
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