My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved. The lifting up of the hands is the outward expression of the lifting up of the heart to them (Psalms 28:2). I will pray with uplifted hands for grace to fulfill them. Also I will bless the Lord for them with uplifted hands (Psalms 134:2). Also I will swear with uplifted hands, as Abraham did (Genesis 14:22), to keep them. Also I will lift up my hands to perform thy commandments: I will set about it as a matter of the utmost weight (Genesis 41:44; Hebrews 12:12, "lift up the hands that hang down" - i:e., act strenuously as Christians). Gejer takes it, 'like a starving beggar lifting his hands to receive food, I will eagerly lay hold of thy commandments.'