Lamentations 3:41 (YLT)

Passage

We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:39 What--sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?

Lamentations 3:40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:41 We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.

Lamentations 3:42 We--we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou--Thou hast not forgiven.

Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain--Thou hast not pitied.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "We search our ways and investigate And..." into verse 42's "We--we have transgressed and rebelled Thou--Thou hast...", so "lift" and "heart" 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 "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.