KJV King James Version
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
WEB World English Bible
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
ASV American Standard Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
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Psalm 25:1[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.Psalm 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.Psalm 143:6-8I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.Psalm 86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.Psalm 141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.Psalm 63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.1 Thessalonians 2:8So 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.
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