This document contains excerpts from the Bible about different ways to praise God through lifting up one's eyes, soul, voice and hands. The passages encourage looking to God for help and strength, trusting in him, singing joyfully and with instruments, worshipping and praying with uplifted hands as an act of surrender. They suggest that truly knowing God informs how we appropriately praise him.

2. do the basics well.

3. 17 Until I went into the
sanctuary of God......
Psalm 73:17 NKJV

5. lift up your eyes.
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6. perspective.

7. 1 I lift up my eyes to the
mountain - where does my
help come from? 2 My
help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and
earth.
Psalm 121:1-2 NIV

8. I look to you, heaven-
dwelling God, look up to
you for help. Like
servants, alert to their
master’s commands,
Psalm 123:1-2b TMSG

9. 35 You know the saying,
‘Four months between
planting and harvest.’ But
I say, wake up and look
around. The fields are
already ripe for harvest.
John 4:35 NLT

10. lift up your soul.
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11. conviction.

12. 1 To You, O Lord, I lift up
my soul. 2 O my God, I
trust in You; Let me not be
ashamed; Let not my
enemies triumph over me.
Psalm 25:1-2 NKJV

13. 3 Be merciful to me, O
Lord, For I cry to You all
day long. 4 Rejoice the
soul of Your servant, For
to You, O Lord, I lift up my
soul.
Psalm 86:3-5 NKJV

14. 5 For You, Lord, are good,
and ready to forgive, And
abundant in mercy to all
those who call upon You.
Psalm 86:3-5 NKJV

15. 7 Answer me speedily, O
Lord; My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from
me, Lest I be like those
who go down into the pit.
For I lift up my soul to
You.
Psalm 143:7-10 NKJV

16. 8 Cause me to hear Your
loving kindness in the
morning, For in You do I
trust; Cause me to know
the way in which I should
walk,
Psalm 143:7-10 NKJV

17. 9 Deliver me, O Lord,
from my enemies;
In You I take shelter. 10
Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of
uprightness.
Psalm 143:7-10 NKJV

18. lift up your voice.
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19. declaration.

20. 3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout
for joy.
Psalm 33:3 NIV

21. 22 Then I will praise you
with music on the harp,
because you are faithful
to your promises, O my
God. I will sing praises to
you with a lyre, O Holy
One of Israel.
Psalm 71:22-23 NLT

22. 23 I will shout for joy and
sing your praises, for you
have ransomed me.
Psalm 71:22-23 NLT

23. 1 Sing praises to God, our
strength. Sing to the God
of Jacob. 2 Sing! Beat the
tambourine. Play the
sweet lyre and the harp.
Psalm 81:1-2 NLT

24. 1 Come, let us sing to the
Lord! Let us shout joyfully
to the Rock of our
salvation. 2 Let us come
to him with thanksgiving.
Let us sing psalms of
praise to him.
Psalm 95:1-2 NLT

25. 6 Come, let us worship
and bow down. Let us
kneel before the Lord our
maker,
Psalm 95:6 NLT

26. 1 Sing a new song to the
Lord, for he has done
wonderful deeds. His right
hand has won a mighty
victory; his holy arm has
shown his saving power!
Psalm 98:1 NLT

27. 4 Shout to the Lord, all the
earth; break out in praise
and sing for joy!
5 Sing your praise to the
Lord with the harp, with
the harp and melodious
song,
Psalm 98:4-5 NLT

28. lift up your hands.
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29. surrender.

30. 2 I have seen you in your
sanctuary and gazed upon
your power and glory. 3
Your unfailing love is
better than life itself; how
I praise you!
Psalm 64:2-5 NLT

31. 4 I will praise you as long
as I live, lifting up my
hands to you in prayer. 5
You satisfy me more than
the richest feast. I will
praise you with songs of
joy.
Psalm 64:2-5 NLT

32. 47 And I will delight
myself in Your
commandments, Which I
love. 48 My hands also I
will lift up to Your
commandments, Which I
love, And I will meditate
on Your statutes.
Psalm 119:47-48 NKJV

33. 1 Oh, praise the Lord, all
you servants of the Lord,
you who serve at night in
the house of the Lord. 2
Lift up holy hands in
prayer, and praise the
Lord. Psalm 134:1-2 NLT

34. 1 O Lord, I am calling to
you. Please hurry! Listen
when I cry to you for help!
2 Accept my prayer as
incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as
an evening offering.
Psalm 141:1-2 NLT

35. 6 I spread out my hands to
You; My soul longs for
You like a thirsty land.
Selah
Psalm 143:6 NKJV

36. 8 In every place of
worship, I want men to
pray with holy hands lifted
up to God, free from anger
and controversy.
1 Timothy 2:8 NLT

37. how we praise follows
knowing who we praise.