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Psalms 141:2

PrayerPraise and worship

1 I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

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

3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

4 Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

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BSB
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
KJV
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
WEB
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
ASV
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
DARBY
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.
BLB
Let my prayer be established like incense before Your face, [and] the lifting of my hands like the offering of the evening.
ÅB
La min bønn gjelde som røykoffer for ditt åsyn, mine henders oppløftelse som et kveld-matoffer!
OTB
La min bønn stige opp for deg som røkelse;
Mine løftede hender som et kveldsoffer.
B1930
La min bønn gjelde som røkoffer for ditt åsyn, mine henders opløftelse som et aften-matoffer!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Timothy 2:8

    Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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  • Psalms 63:4

    So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

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  • 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.

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