“Sitting we speak against others, but standing up we praise the Lord, as it is said; "Behold now, praise the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord; ye that stand in the house of the Lord." He who sits, to speak of the habit of the body, is, as it were, dissolved by ease, and relaxes the energy of his mind. But the careful…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Letter 63: To the church of Vercellae
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2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
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1Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
— Psalms 134:2 —
3The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.