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Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
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Heart and Hands in Harmony
All commentators agree that this verse is a powerful call for sincerity in prayer. The outward gesture of lifting hands is meaningless unless the heart—our inner affections, will, and faith—is also genuinely lifted to God. To perform the external ritual without the internal reality is, as Matthew Henry and John Calvin warn, to mock God and deceive ourselves.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophet urges men to search out their faults and amend them (Lamentations 3:40).
And turn again to the Lord—…
19th Century
Anglican
With our hands. —Literally, to our hands. There is, as it were, a psychological analysis of prayer. Men can by an act of …
16th Century
Protestant
To conversion he joins prayer, for we cannot be reconciled to God unless he buries our sins; nor can repentance and faith be separated. Moreover, t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands Lifting up of the hands is a prayer gesture, and is put for prayer itself;…
While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better.…
13th Century
Catholic
Now, having gained confidence, he begins to implore divine mercy. In this regard, he does two things.
First, he presents the preparation for…
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