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Psalms 141:2

May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תִּכּ֤וֹןti.Konmay it be establishedH3559 →
תְּפִלָּתִ֣יte.fi.la.Tiprayer myH8605 →
קְטֹ֣רֶתke.To.retincenseH7004 →
לְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440 →
מַֽשְׂאַ֥תmas.'At[the] raising ofH4864 →
כַּ֝פַּ֗יka.Paihands myH3709 →
מִנְחַת־min.chat-an offering ofH4503 →
עָֽרֶב׃'A.reveveningH6153 →

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Revelation 8:3–4Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.Revelation 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.Psalms 55:17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.Acts 10:4Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.Daniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Revelation 8:4And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.Luke 1:9–10he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.Revelation 8:3Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!Exodus 30:7–9And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.Psalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.Lamentations 2:19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.Exodus 30:34–38The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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