Psalms 141:2

In 11 translations

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.set…: Heb. directed

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.

LSV

My prayer is prepared—incense before You, || The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.

YLT

My prayer is prepared — incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands — the evening present.

DBY

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

DRC140:2

Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

GNV

Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the lifting vp of mine hands as an euening sacrifice.

JPS

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

LXXE140:2

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

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

תִּכּ֤וֹן תְּפִלָּתִ֣י קְטֹ֣רֶת לְפָנֶ֑יךָ מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת כַּ֝פַּ֗י מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

LXX-Br140:2

Κατευθυνθήτω ἡ προσευχή μου ὡς θυμίαμα ἐνώπιόν σου· ἔπαρσις τῶν χειρῶν μου θυσία ἑσπερινή.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Revelation 8:3–4Then 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. And the smoke of the…
• Revelation 5:8When 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 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
• Malachi 1:11For 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…
• Daniel 9:21while 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.
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
• Luke 1:9–10he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
• Exodus 30:7–9And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come. On this…
• Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
• Exodus 30:34–38The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures, and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.…
• Psalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
• Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
• Exodus 29:39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
• Ezra 9:4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
• Exodus 29:41–42And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall…

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