⁶ And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

² Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

⁴ Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

² Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

⁸ I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.