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Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

…then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.

At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.

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,

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

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?

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

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

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

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

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.

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

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

If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

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

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

For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.

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,

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.

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

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

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

You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

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

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.

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

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

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

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.