Lamentations 3:41
39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
- KJV
- Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- WEB
- Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
- ASV
- Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- DARBY
- Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
- BLB
- Let us lift our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens:
- ÅB
- La oss løfte vårt hjerte og våre hender til Gud i himmelen!
- OTB
- La oss løfte våre hjerter og løfte våre hender til Gud i himmelen;
- B1930
- La oss løfte vårt hjerte og våre hender til Gud i himmelen!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 25:1
To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
Read in contextPsalms 28:2
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Read in contextPsalms 86:4
Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 143:6–8
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:8
We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
Read in contextPsalms 63:4
So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Read in contextPsalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
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