"Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands unto God in the heavens." — Lamentations 3:41

Lamentations 3:41 · KJV

“Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands unto God in the heavens.”

— Lamentations 3:41

Verse 40

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Verse 42

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

Lamentations 3 — Context

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands unto God in the heavens.

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Cross References

Psalms 25:1

[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Psalms 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. {thy...: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary}

Psalms 86:4

Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Psalms 143:6-8

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before thee {as} incense; {and} the lifting up of my hands {as} the evening sacrifice. {set...: Heb. directed}

1 Thessalonians 2:8

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

Psalms 63:4

Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.