Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

May my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.

New American Standard Bible

May my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

My prayer shall be prepared incense before thee; the lifting up my hands the gift of the evening.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let my prayer be set before you [as] incense, the lifting up of my palms [as the] evening offering.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.

NET Bible

May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!

New Heart English Bible

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 141:2

Images Psalm 141:2

Prayers for Psalm 141:2

Context Readings

Protection From Sin And Sinners

1 A Davidic psalm.Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.
Listen to my voice when I call on You.
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.


Cross References

Revelation 5:8

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Exodus 29:39

In the morning offer one lamb, and at twilight offer the other lamb.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

Revelation 8:3-4

Another angel, with a gold incense burner, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar in front of the throne.

1 Kings 18:36

At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that at Your word I have done all these things.

Psalm 28:2

Listen to the sound of my pleading
when I cry to You for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward Your holy sanctuary.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Daniel 9:21

while I was praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the first vision, came to me in my extreme weariness, about the time of the evening offering.

Exodus 29:41-42

You are to offer the second lamb at twilight. Offer a grain offering and a drink offering with it, like the one in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

Exodus 30:7-9

Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps.

Exodus 30:34-38

The Lord said to Moses: “Take fragrant spices: stacte, onycha, and galbanum; the spices and pure frankincense are to be in equal measures.

Leviticus 10:1-2

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them to do.

Leviticus 16:11-13

“When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he will slaughter the bull for his sin offering.

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

Numbers 16:46-48

Then Moses told Aaron, “Take your firepan, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the community and make atonement for them, because wrath has come from the Lord; the plague has begun.”

Ezra 9:4

Everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me, because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat devastated until the evening offering.

Psalm 5:3

At daybreak, Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly.

Psalm 63:4

So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands in the holy place
and praise the Lord!

Malachi 1:11

“For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.

Luke 1:9-10

it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John were going up together to the temple complex at the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon.

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