Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
KJV
Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi, voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.
Vulgate
Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐδεήθην.
LXX
Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
ASV
תִּכּ֤וֹן תְּפִלָּתִ֣/י קְטֹ֣רֶת לְ/פָנֶ֑י/ךָ מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת כַּ֝פַּ֗/י מִנְחַת עָֽרֶב
Hebrew
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Incense
In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 77×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
מִנְחָ֖ה
mnchh
noun · 211×
מַשְׂאַ֥ת
msh't
noun · 16×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קְטֹֽרֶת
qtrt
noun · 60×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rev 5:8 · echo"And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."Psalm 141: prayers rising as incense — golden bowls of incense
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is prayer an act of the appetitive or of the cognitive power? Is it fitting to pray to God? Is prayer an act of religion? Should we pray to God alone? Should we ask for something definite when we pray? Should we ask for temporal things when we pray? Should we pray for others? Should we pray for our enemies? The seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer Is prayer proper to the ration…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:59 — And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel a
- 1Kgs 18:36 — And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art
- 1Kgs 18:36 — And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art
- 1Pet 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
- 1Tim 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
- 2Chr 6:12 — And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
- Acts 3:1 — Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
- Acts 10:4 — And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
- Dan 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even 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.
- Exod 29:39 — The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
- Exod 29:41 — And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fi
- Exod 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
- Exod 30:34 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
- Exod 35:15 — And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
- Ezra 9:4 — Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
- Ezra 9:5 — And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
- Isa 43:26 — Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
- Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
- Lam 3:41 — Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- Lev 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
- Lev 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
- Lev 16:11 — And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for him
- Luke 1:9 — According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
- Mal 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam
- Num 16:35 — And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
- Num 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out
- Num 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out
- Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Ps 5:3 — My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
- Ps 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
- Ps 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
- Ps 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- Ps 63:4 — Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- Ps 134:2 — Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
- Ps 134:2 — Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
- Rev 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Rev 5:8 — And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Rev 8:3 — And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was
- Rev 8:3 — And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was
- Rev 8:4 — And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.