Parallel Verses

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.

Holman Bible

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

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 Psalm of David.
O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.


Cross References

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.

Exodus 29:39

The one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

1 Timothy 2:8

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

Revelation 8:3-4

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.

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.

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications 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 an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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.

Exodus 29:41-42

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 30:7-9

Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.

Exodus 30:34-38

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.

Leviticus 10:1-2

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.

Leviticus 16:11-13

“Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.

Numbers 16:46-48

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, the plague has begun!”

Ezra 9:4

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering.

Psalm 5:3

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

Psalm 63:4

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

Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
And bless the Lord.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 1:9-10

according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

Acts 3:1

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer.

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