Lamentations 3:41
Good News Translation
Let us open our hearts to God in heaven and pray,

New Revised Standard Version
Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven.

Contemporary English Version
When we lift our hands in prayer to God in heaven, we should offer him our hearts and say,

New American Bible
Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands toward God in heaven!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

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Psalm 25:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

Psalm 86:4 Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

Psalm 143:6-8 I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee. . . .

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Psalm 28:2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

Psalm 63:4 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

1 Thessalonians 2:8 So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.

Context
God's Justice
40Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord. 41Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.42Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.…
Cross References
Psalm 25:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

Psalm 28:2
Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

Lamentations 3:40
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