Hands

So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.

But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

…but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

…yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

…in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

…in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

…they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

…unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.

I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

…whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

…then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

…haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!

…and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.