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Psalm 28:2

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28:2Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,

when I lift my hands6 toward your holy temple!7

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Footnotes

  1. 6 I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.
  2. 7 The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dévir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your most holy sanctuary.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hear my cry for mercy

as I call to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your Most Holy Place.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Listen to the sound of my pleading

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your holy sanctuary.

NLTNew Living Translation

Listen to my prayer for mercy

as I cry out to you for help,

as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Hear the voice of my supplications

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your holy inner sanctuary.

KJV 1900King James Version

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,

When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.