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Psalms 134:2

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

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שְׂאֽוּsevlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, a commandH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…יְדֵכֶ֥םyedekhemhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […קֹ֑דֶשׁqodeshconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.וּ֝בָרֲכוּuvarakhvand blessבָרַךְconjunction, verb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and bless”, a commandH1288to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)[idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

World English Bible

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!

Darby Translation

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

You that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐν ταῖς νυξὶν ἐπάρατε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν εἰς τὰ ἅγια, καὶ εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Κύριον.