Psalms 141:2

David asks that his prayer rise like incense and his lifted hands be as the evening sacrifice. It connects sincere prayer to acceptable worship before God.

Cross-references · 22

• Rev 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.
• Rev 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.
• 1 Tim 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
• Dan 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.
• Mal 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.
• Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Ps 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
• 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.
• Exod 30:7–9And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
• Ps 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
• Ps 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
• Exod 30:34–38The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
• Ps 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
• Lev 16:11–13When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
• Ezra 9:4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
• Exod 29:41–42And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
• Exod 29:39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
• Lev 10:1–2Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
• Acts 3:1One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
• Num 16:46–48Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
• 1 Kgs 18:36At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
• Num 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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