Lamentations 3:41 (GNV)

Passage

Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:39 Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.

Lamentations 3:40 Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:41 Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.

Lamentations 3:42 We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.

Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lift", "hearts", "handes", "vnto", and "heauens". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lift" and "hearts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "Let vs search and try our wayes..." into verse 42's "We haue sinned and haue rebelled therefore...", so "lift" and "hearts" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lift" and "hearts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.