Psalms 28:2

28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,

when I lift my hands ¹  toward your holy temple! ² 

Psalms 63:4

63:4 For this reason ³  I will praise you while I live;

in your name I will lift up my hands. ⁴ 

Psalms 141:2

141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,

my uplifted hands like the evening offering! ⁵ 

Psalms 141:1

Psalm 141 ⁶ 

A psalm of David.

141:1 O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me!

Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

Psalms 2:8

2:8 Ask me,

and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, ⁷ 

the ends of the earth as your personal property.

[28:2]  ¹ sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.

[28:2]  ² tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.

[63:4]  ³ tn Or perhaps “then.”

[63:4]  ⁴ sn I will lift up my hands. Lifting up one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19) or respect (Ps 119:48).

[141:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”

[141:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 141. The psalmist asks God to protect him from sin and from sinful men.

[2:8]  ⁷ sn I will give you the nations. The Lord promises the Davidic king universal dominion.