Psalm 141:2 Parallel Translations

Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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.

YLT:

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

Psalm 141:2 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 29:39 "The one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

Exodus 29:41 "The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.

Exodus 30:8 "When Aaron trims the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

1 Kings 18:29 When midday was past, they raved until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.

1 Kings 18:36 At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word.

Daniel 9:21 while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.

Luke 1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering.

1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

Revelation 5:8 When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 8:3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

Revelation 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the {b} lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
(b) He means his earnest zeal and gesture, which he used in prayer: alluding to the sacrifices which were by God's commandment offered in the old law.

MHC:

141:1-4 Make haste unto me. Those that know how to value God's gracious presence, will be the more fervent in their prayers. When presented through the sacrifice and intercession of the Saviour, they will be as acceptable to God as the daily sacrifices and burnings of incense were of old. Prayer is a spiritual sacrifice, it is the offering up the soul and its best affections. Good men know the evil of tongue sins. When enemies are provoking, we are in danger of speaking unadvisedly. While we live in an evil world, and have such evil hearts, we have need to pray that we may neither be drawn nor driven to do any thing sinful. Sinners pretend to find dainties in sin; but those that consider how soon sin will turn into bitterness, will dread such dainties, and pray to God to take them out of their sight, and by his grace to turn their hearts against them. Good men pray against the sweets of sin.

CONC:

Counted Evening Forth Hands Incense Lifting Oblation Offering Ordered Prayer Prepared Present Sacrifice Smell Sweet

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