In worship and prayer, lifting hands is a gesture of surrender, praise, and devotion to God. The Psalms, such as Psalms 63:4 and 134:2, frequently express this physical act as a way to bless and worship the Lord. The apostle Paul also instructs men to lift holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing, as seen in 1 Timothy 2:8. Similarly, in times of distress, the prophet Jeremiah cries out to God, lifting his hands in supplication, as recorded in Lamentations 3:41, while the psalmist asks that his prayer be like incense, lifting his hands in the evening, as in Psalms 141:2.
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Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,