'Lifted Up' in the Bible

When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

So Mid'ian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? and whence do you come?"

And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.