Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1LORD, I have called upon thee. Make haste to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee.
3Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
Cross References
Exodus 29:39The one lamb thou shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shall offer at evening.
Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
Exodus 35:15and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle,
Leviticus 16:11And 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 16:46And 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 9:4Then 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.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:2-5
Fervent Supplications. 1 Lord , I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and 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. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things… Read the whole commentary →