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Psalm 141

Psa. 141:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let my prayer
tphillah (Hebrew #8605)
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
KJV usage: prayer.
Pronounce: tef-il-law'
Origin: from 6419
be κset forth
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thee as incense
qtoreth (Hebrew #7004)
a fumigation
KJV usage: (sweet) incense, perfume.
Pronounce: ket-o'-reth
Origin: from 6999
q; and the lifting up
mas'eth (Hebrew #4864)
properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)
KJV usage: burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
Pronounce: mas-ayth'
Origin: from 5375
of my hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
as the evening
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
sacrifice
minchah (Hebrew #4503)
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
KJV usage: gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Pronounce: min-khaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
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directed.
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Rev. 5:8• 8And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints. (Rev. 5:8)

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Cross References

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Let my prayer.David, who was now driven from Judea, and far from the sanctuary, here prays that the devotion of his heart, and the elevation of his hands, might be accepted; that the one might ascend to heaven fragrant and well pleasing as the cloud of incense, and the other, in conjunction with it, be prevalent as the {minchah,} or evening oblation.
Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight. (Prov. 15:8)
set forth.
Heb. directed.
Psa. 5:3• 3O Jehovah, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice,{HR}In the morning will I set in order [my prayer] before thee{HR}And will look out [for help]. (Psa. 5:3)
as incense.
Ex. 30:7‑9,34‑38• 7{i}And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense: every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn the incense.{/i}
 8{i}And when Aaron lighteth the lamps between the two evenings, he shall burn the incense—a continual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.{/i}
 9{i}Ye shall offer up no strange incense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor oblation; neither shall ye pour drink-offering thereon.{/i}
 34{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Take fragrant drugs—stacte, and onycha, and galbanum—fragrant drugs and pure frankincense; in like proportions shall it be.{/i}
 35{i}And thou shalt make it into incense, a perfume, after the work of the perfumer, salted, pure, holy.{/i}
 36{i}And thou shalt beat some of it to powder, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.{/i}
 37{i}And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.{/i}
 38{i}Whoever maketh like unto it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his peoples.{/i} (Ex. 30:7‑9,34‑38)
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Lev. 10:1‑2• 1And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and presented strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
 2And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. (Lev. 10:1‑2)
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Lev. 16:11‑13• 11{i}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 slaughter the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.{/i}
 12{i}And he{/i} shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the veil;
 13and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that [is] upon the testimony, that he die not. (Lev. 16:11‑13)
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Num. 16:35,46‑48• 35And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
 46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the 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 from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
 47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; {i}and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.{/i}
 48{i}And he{/i} stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed{i}. (Num. 16:35,46‑48)
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Mal. 1:11• 11From 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 name shall be great among the heathen, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)
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Luke 1:9‑10• 9it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.
 10And all the multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense. (Luke 1:9‑10)
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Rev. 5:8• 8And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints. (Rev. 5:8)
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Rev. 8:3‑4• 3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given him much incense, that he should give {i}efficacy{/i} to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that was before the throne.
 4And the smoke of the incense rose up with the prayers of the saints out of the angel's hand before God. (Rev. 8:3‑4)
the lifting.
Psa. 28:2• 2Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry for help, unto thee,{HR}When I lift up my hands towards thy holy oracle. (Psa. 28:2)
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Psa. 63:4• 4So will I bless thee in my life,{HR}In thy name will I lift up my hands. (Psa. 63:4)
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Psa. 134:2• 2Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary ,{HR}And bless Jehovah. (Psa. 134:2)
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1 Tim. 2:8• 8I wish then that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting; (1 Tim. 2:8)
the evening.
Ex. 29:39,42• 39{i}The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings.{/i}
 42{i}It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there with thee.{/i} (Ex. 29:39,42)
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1 Kings 18:36• 36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. (1 Kings 18:36)
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Ezra 9:4• 4Then 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 9:4)
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Dan. 9:21• 21yea, 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. (Dan. 9:21)
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Acts 3:1• 1Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth. (Acts 3:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Established be my prayer [as] incense in thy presence,{HR}The lifting up of my hands [as] the evening oblation.