Psalm 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 28:2, the psalmist lifts his hands toward the holy sanctuary — the identical gesture as lifting hands to bless.
In Psalm 63:4, blessing God with lifted hands — directly parallel to the call to lift hands and bless.
In Psalm 141:2, lifting hands is compared to the evening sacrifice — a parallel worship gesture.
In Lamentations 2:19, lifting hands in the night during lament — same action but in a context of distress rather than blessing.
In Lamentations 3:41, lifting hearts and hands to God — a close parallel to lifting hands to bless the LORD.
1 Timothy 2:8 similarly commands lifting holy hands in prayer, connecting the OT temple gesture to NT worship practice.
1 Chronicles 29:20 records David's call 'Bless the LORD' and the people's response, directly mirroring the imperative here.
Nehemiah 8:6 explicitly describes the people lifting hands while blessing the LORD, a direct parallel to this gesture.
Isaiah 1:15 describes God rejecting spread hands due to sin—contrasting with the accepted blessing here.
Leviticus 9:22 shows Aaron lifting hands to bless the people, a parallel gesture but directed toward people rather than God.