'Hands' in the Bible

Have You not put a hedge [of protection] around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands [and conferred prosperity and happiness upon him], and his possessions have increased in the land.

“Behold, you have admonished and instructed many,And you have strengthened weak hands.

“He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty,So that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.

“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;He wounds, but His hands also heal.

“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?

“If I were to wash myself with snowAnd cleanse my hands with lye,

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,To despise and reject the work of Your hands,And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

‘Your hands have formed and made me altogether.Would You [turn around and] destroy me?

“If you direct your heart [on the right path]And stretch out your hands to Him,

“The tents of the destroyers prosper;And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,Whom God brings into their power.

“Why should I take my flesh in my teethAnd put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?

“[Then] You will call, and I will answer You;You will long for [me] the work of Your hands.

“God hands me over to criminalsAnd tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.

Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,And my prayer is pure.

“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

“His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations],And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

“He will even rescue the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent;And he will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”

“People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him]And hiss him out of his place.

The princes stopped talkingAnd put their hands on their mouths;

“Indeed, how could the strength of their hands profit me?Vigor had perished from them.

“If my step has turned away from the way [of God],Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes,Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands,

“Who is not partial to princes,Nor does He regard the rich above the poor,For they all are the work of His hands.

‘For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin;He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God],And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’”

“He covers His hands with the lightning,And commands it to strike the mark.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].