Psalm 141:2

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Modern

May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

Traditional

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Literal

Let my prayer be established like incense before Your face, and the lifting of my hands like the offering of the evening.

Latin

Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo; elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum.

Original

Hebrew

English

May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

Notes

Psalms 141:1–2

The psalmist urgently prays for rescue. He does not have incense or an evening offering (Exodus 29:38–39), but his prayers and devotion represent those elements (see Isaiah 1:13; Revelation 5:8).
uplifted hands: This is a posture of prayer (Psalms 28:2; 88:9; 143:6; Exodus 9:29; 1 Timothy 2:8).

Psalms 141:1–10

The psalmist prays for rescue and for wisdom. He also looks ahead to the end of evil. The idea that people receive what they deserve (Psalm 141:10) holds the psalm together.

Psalms 138:1–145:21

In this final group of psalms of David, psalms of praise and wisdom (Psalms 138–139, 145) form a frame around five psalms of lament (Psalms 140–144).

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Revelation 8:3–4
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
Revelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Daniel 9:21
…while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Psalm 63:4
So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
Luke 1:9–10
…he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Psalm 134:2
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
Exodus 30:7–9
And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
Psalm 28:2
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Exodus 30:34–38
The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

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