My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.

My hands also will I lift to thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.

I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments - As an expression of delight or rejoicing, as people lift up their hands with their voice when they give expression to joy. It denotes a high statue of joy, such as leads to an outward expression; not merely that which exists in calm contemplation, but where the heart is full, and when it finds outward expression.
And I will meditate in thy statutes - See the notes at Psalm 1:2. I will indicate my joy - my happiness - in thy commandments in every way possible; by outward expressions, and by deep and calm contemplation when I am alone; in my daily employments, in solitude, in the night-watches. This is indicative always of true religion.

My hands also will I lift up - I will present every victim and sacrifice which the law requires. I will make prayer and supplication before thee, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved,.... Showing by such a gesture his great esteem of them, and affection for them; stretching out his hands, and embracing them with both arms, as it were: and this being a praying gesture, 2-Timothy 2:8, may signify his earnest desire and request that he might have grace and spiritual strength to enable him to observe them; and it being used in swearing, Genesis 14:22, may express his firm resolution in the strength of divine grace to keep them; and the phrase signifying a doing or an attempt to do anything, Genesis 41:44, may denote his practical observance of the commands, his putting his hand to do them with all his might;
and I will meditate in thy statutes; and thereby get a better understanding of them, and be in a better disposition and capacity to keep them.

My hands . . . lift up unto . . . commandments--that is, I will prayerfully (Psalm 28:2) direct my heart to keep Thy commandments.

Lift up - To receive and embrace thy precepts and promises.