Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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 LORD, I have called upon thee. Make haste to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, 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.

Cross References

Revelation 5:8

And when he took the book, the four beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls containing incense, which are the prayers of the sanctified.

Exodus 29:39

The one lamb thou shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shall offer at evening.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.

Revelation 8:3-4

And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne.

1 Kings 18:36

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the [evening] oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou are God in Israel, and

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Daniel 9:21

yea, while I was speaking in prayer, 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.

Exodus 29:41-42

And the other lamb thou shall offer at evening, and shall do thereto according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering of it, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to LORD.

Exodus 30:7-9

And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.

Exodus 30:34-38

And LORD said to Moses, Take to thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, of each shall there be a like weight.

Leviticus 10:1-2

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each of them took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before LORD, which he had not commanded them.

Leviticus 16:11-13

And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.

Numbers 16:35

And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.

Numbers 16:46-48

And Moses said to Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire in it from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them, for there is wrath gone out from LORD. The plague has be

Ezra 9:4

Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of the trespass of those of the captivity, and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.

Psalm 5:3

O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.

Psalm 63:4

So I will bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name.

Psalm 134:2

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye LORD.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name [is] great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense [is] offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name [is] great among the Gentiles, says LORD

Luke 1:9-10

that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord.

Acts 3:1

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

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