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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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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:40–42
18th Century
Theologian
The prophet urges men to search out their faults and amend them (Lamentations 3:40).
And turn again to the Lord—…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:41
19th Century
Bishop
With our hands. —Literally, to our hands. There is, as it were, a psychological analysis of prayer. Men can by an act of …
John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:41
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Lamentations 3:41
17th Century
Pastor
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands
Lifting up of the hands is a prayer gesture, and is put for prayer itself;…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:37–41
17th Century
Minister
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.…