Psalms 134:2
What does Psalms 134:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 134:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lift up your hands <FI>in<Fi> the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Timothy 2:8
I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
- Psalms 63:4
So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- Psalms 63:2
So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.
- Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy 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 head of every street.
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