Psalms 119:48 meaning and explanation

I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

Psalms 119:48, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the psalmist, a servant of the LORD who has just said he delights in God's commandments and will speak of them before kings. Here he lifts his hands, a gesture of prayer and praise, but he lifts them toward the commandments themselves, not toward the temple or the sky.

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