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may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/141.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/141.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/141.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/141.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth before thee <i>as</i> incense; <i>and</i> the lifting up of my hands <i>as</i> the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/141.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set before You <i>as</i> incense, The lifting up of my hands <i>as</i> the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/141.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The raising of my hands as the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/141.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/141.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />May my prayer be counted as incense before Thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/141.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />May my prayer be established as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/141.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/141.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May my prayer be set before you as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/141.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/141.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/141.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Think of my prayer as sweet-smelling incense, and think of my lifted hands as an evening sacrifice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/141.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/141.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence. Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted as an evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/141.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Receive my prayer as incense, my uplifted hands as an evening sacrifice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/141.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let my prayer be like incense offered before you, and my uplifted hands like the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/141.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/141.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/141.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/141.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/141.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/141.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />My prayer is prepared—incense before You, "" The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/141.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/141.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My prayer shall be prepared incense before thee; the lifting up my hands the gift of the evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/141.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/141.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 140:2>Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/141.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/141.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/141.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the gift of my hands as the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/141.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />My prayer came before you like incense, and an offering of my hands like the evening offering.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/141.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/141.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands <i>as</i> an evening sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/141-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=17507" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/141.htm">Come Quickly to Me</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8605.htm" title="8605: tə·p̄il·lā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Prayer. From palal; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn.">May my prayer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: tik·kō·wn (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">be set</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before You</a> <a href="/hebrew/7004.htm" title="7004: qə·ṭō·reṯ (N-fs) -- Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense. From qatar; a fumigation.">like incense,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4864.htm" title="4864: maś·’aṯ (N-fsc) -- An uprising, utterance, burden, portion. ">my uplifted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pay (N-fdc:: 1cs) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: ‘ā·reḇ (N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">like the evening</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥaṯ- (N-fsc) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">offering.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a></span><br />Then 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. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-10.htm">Luke 1:10</a></span><br />And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15</a></span><br />Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-8.htm">1 Timothy 2:8</a></span><br />Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8</a></span><br />When 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7-8</a></span><br />And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. / When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Leviticus 16:12-13</a></span><br />Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil. / He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-4.htm">Acts 10:4</a></span><br />Cornelius 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-1.htm">Psalm 141:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-3.htm">Psalm 141:3</a></span><br />Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-4.htm">Psalm 141:4</a></span><br />Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-5.htm">Psalm 141:5</a></span><br />Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-6.htm">Psalm 141:6</a></span><br />When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.</p><p class="hdg">let my prayer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a></b></br> The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright <i>is</i> his delight.</p><p class="hdg">set forth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/5-3.htm">Psalm 5:3</a></b></br> My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct <i>my prayer</i> unto thee, and will look up.</p><p class="hdg">as incense</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7-9,34-38</a></b></br> And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1,2</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/16-11.htm">Leviticus 16:11-13</a></b></br> And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which <i>is</i> for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which <i>is</i> for himself: … </p><p class="hdg">the lifting</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm">Psalm 28:2</a></b></br> Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/63-4.htm">Psalm 63:4</a></b></br> Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/134-2.htm">Psalm 134:2</a></b></br> Lift up your hands <i>in</i> the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">the evening</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/29-39.htm">Exodus 29:39,42</a></b></br> The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-36.htm">1 Kings 18:36</a></b></br> And it came to pass at <i>the time of</i> the offering of the <i>evening</i> 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 <i>art</i> God in Israel, and <i>that</i> I <i>am</i> thy servant, and <i>that</i> I have done all these things at thy word.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-4.htm">Ezra 9:4</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/109-7.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/psalms/109-23.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/psalms/140-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/140-4.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/psalms/66-15.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/psalms/107-25.htm">Lifting</a> <a href="/psalms/96-8.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/psalms/116-17.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/psalms/140-6.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/psalms/96-8.htm">Present</a> <a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/psalms/115-6.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Sweet</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/17-28.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-9.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/psalms/142-2.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/psalms/142-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-32.htm">Lifting</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-6.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/psalms/144-15.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/psalms/141-5.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-19.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm">Present</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/songs/1-3.htm">Smell</a> <a href="/psalms/141-6.htm">Sweet</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 141</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/141-1.htm">David prays that his suit may be acceptable</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/141-3.htm">His conscience sincere</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/141-7.htm">And his life free from snares</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The burning of incense in the tabernacle and later in the temple was a daily ritual (<a href="/exodus/30-7.htm">Exodus 30:7-8</a>). The psalmist's desire for his prayer to be like incense suggests a longing for his communication with God to be pleasing and acceptable. Incense was a costly and carefully prepared mixture, indicating that prayer should be offered with sincerity and reverence. <a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8 and 8</a>:3-4 further connect incense with the prayers of the saints, showing a continuity in the symbolism from the Old Testament to the New Testament.<p><b>my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.</b><br>The lifting of hands in prayer is a gesture of surrender and supplication, common in Hebrew worship (<a href="/1_timothy/2-8.htm">1 Timothy 2:8</a>). The evening offering, or the evening sacrifice, was a daily ritual in the temple, occurring at twilight (<a href="/exodus/29-39.htm">Exodus 29:39-41</a>). This offering was a time of reflection and dedication, symbolizing the people's devotion to God. By comparing his uplifted hands to the evening offering, the psalmist aligns his personal act of worship with the communal and continual worship of Israel. This connection underscores the importance of regular, heartfelt devotion. The evening sacrifice also points to Christ, who is the ultimate sacrifice, fulfilling the law and the prophets (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/141.htm">Psalm 141</a>, David is expressing a deep desire for his prayers to be pleasing to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/incense.htm">Incense</a></b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, incense was used in the tabernacle and temple as a symbol of prayers ascending to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/evening_offering.htm">Evening Offering</a></b><br>A specific time of daily sacrifice in the temple, symbolizing devotion and worship to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_as_worship.htm">Prayer as Worship</a></b><br>Just as incense was a pleasing aroma, our prayers should be offered with a heart of worship and reverence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consistency_in_devotion.htm">Consistency in Devotion</a></b><br>The evening offering was a regular practice, reminding us of the importance of consistent prayer life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_uplifted_hands.htm">Symbolism of Uplifted Hands</a></b><br>Lifting hands in prayer symbolizes surrender and openness to God's will, encouraging us to approach God with humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_prayer.htm">Holiness in Prayer</a></b><br>Our prayers should be offered with a pure heart, reflecting the holiness of the incense and offerings in the temple.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_of_believers.htm">Community of Believers</a></b><br>Just as incense was a communal act in the temple, our prayers should also include intercession for others, fostering a sense of community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_141.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 141</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_prayer_align_with_torah_rituals.htm">Psalm 141:2 – If prayer is equated with physical incense offerings, how does this align with the Torah’s requirements for literal sacrificial rituals? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_prayers_of_the_saints.htm">What are the Prayers of the Saints?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_exodus_incense_found_elsewhere.htm">If the incense described in Exodus 30:34–38 was so unique, why don’t we see consistent evidence of its composition or its exclusive use in subsequent Israelite or neighboring cultures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_divine_appointment.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on incense?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/141.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Set forth . . .</span>--See margin; but more literally, <span class= "ital">be erected, </span>suggesting the pillar of smoke (comp. Tennyson's "Azure pillars of the hearth") continually rising to heaven. Some think the <span class= "ital">incense </span>refers to the morning sacrifice, so that the verse will mean, "let my prayer rise regularly as morning and evening sacrifice." But this is hardly necessary.<p><span class= "bld">Sacrifice</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the offering of flour and oil, which followed the burnt offering both at morning and evening (<a href="/context/leviticus/2-1.htm" title="And when any will offer a meat offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense thereon:">Leviticus 2:1-11</a>; in Authorised Version," meat offering "), and here probably associated specially with evening, because the prayer was uttered at the close of the day. (See Note, <a href="/psalms/141-3.htm" title="Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.">Psalm 141:3</a>.)<p>For the "lifted hands," here, from the parallelism, evidently only a symbol of prayer, and not a term for oblation, see <a href="/psalms/28-2.htm" title="Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle.">Psalm 28:2</a>, Note.<p>"For what are men better than sheep or goats,<p>That nourish a blind life within the Drain,<p>If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer, . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/141.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let my prayer be set forth</span> (or, "established") <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>before thee as incense</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. with the regularity of the incense, and with its acceptableness. <span class="cmt_word">And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice</span>. The hands were "lifted up" in prayer, which was reckoned a serf of sacrifice (<a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/141-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">May my prayer</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּפִלָּתִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(tə·p̄il·lā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8605.htm">Strong's 8605: </a> </span><span class="str2">Intercession, supplication, a hymn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be set</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּכּ֤וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(tik·kō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before You</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like incense,</span><br /><span class="heb">קְטֹ֣רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṭō·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7004.htm">Strong's 7004: </a> </span><span class="str2">Smoke, odor of (burning) sacrifice, incense</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my uplifted</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(maś·’aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4864.htm">Strong's 4864: </a> </span><span class="str2">A raising, rising, an utterance, a beacon, a present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hands</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּ֝פַּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(kap·pay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like the evening</span><br /><span class="heb">עָֽרֶב׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">offering.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנְחַת־</span> <span class="translit">(min·ḥaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be set before you (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/141-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 141:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 141:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/141-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 141:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 141:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>