KJV King James Version
Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
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Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
WEB World English Bible
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
ASV American Standard Version
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My prayer is prepared—incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.
Surrounding context — Psalm 141
1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
5 Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
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Revelation 8:3-4And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.Daniel 9:21Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.Psalm 63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.Luke 1:9-10According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.Psalm 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.Exodus 30:7-9And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.Psalm 134:2Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.Exodus 30:34-38And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]:Psalm 5:3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.Leviticus 16:11-13And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which [is] for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which [is] for himself:Ezra 9:4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.Exodus 29:39The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:Exodus 29:41-42And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.Leviticus 10:1-2And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
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