Prayer And Victory

Ἐν τῷ αἴρειν με χεῖρὰς μου πρὸς ναὸν ἅγιόν σου. Ἐπαιρόμεναι χεῖρες πρὸς πράξεις θεοσεβεῖς, ἐν οὐρανῷ θησαυριζόμεναί εἰσι· δι' ὦν νικᾷ τις τὸν νοητὸν Ἀμαλήκ· ὡς ὁ Μωσῆς, ἡνίκα τὰς χεῖρας ἀνέφερεν, ὁ λαὸς ἐνίκα· ὅτε δὲ κατέσπα, ὁ Ἀμαλήκ. Μὴ κατενέγκωμεν οὖν τὰς χεῖρας, ἐπεὶ νικηθησόμεθα. Ὠριγένης, Ἐκλογαί Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος ΚΖ' Source: Migne PG 17.117

'While I lift my hands toward your holy temple.' 1  Raising hands for religious actions is the gathering of treasure in heaven, by which one may conquer according to the understanding of Amalek, as Moses, on account of whose raised hands the people conquered, and when he lowered them the Amalekites prevailed. 2 Let us then not neglect our hands lest we be conquered. Origen, Excerpta On the Psalms, from Psalm 27 1 Ps 27.2 2 Exod 17.8-16