Psalms 141:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

May my prayer be set before You like incense, and the lifting of my hands like the evening offering.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּכּ֤וֹן תְּפִלָּתִ֣י קְטֹ֣רֶת לְפָנֶ֑יךָ מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת כַּ֝פַּ֗י מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

Tikkôn təpillātî [my prayer] qəṭōret before-you; maś'at kappay [lifting of my hands] minḥat-'āreb [evening offering].

Grammar Details

• *Tikkôn*: verb, niphal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular jussive - may it be established
• *təpillātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
• *qəṭōret*: noun, feminine singular construct - incense/smoke offering
• *maś'at*: noun, feminine singular construct - lifting/raising
• *kappay*: noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hands/palms
• *minḥat*: noun, feminine singular construct - offering/gift/tribute
• *'āreb*: noun, masculine singular - evening

Word Meanings

• *Tikkôn*: may it be established/may it be directed/let it be set
• *qəṭōret*: incense/smoke offering
• *maś'at*: lifting/raising/elevation
• *minḥat*: grain offering/gift/tribute

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let my prayer be set before you as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incese, and let the liftinge vp of my hades be an euenynge sacrifice.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the lifting vp of mine hands as an euening sacrifice.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let my prayer be directed before thy face as an incense: let the liftyng vp of mine handes be an euenyng sacrifice.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let my prayer be set before you like incense; The lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  My prayer is prepared -- incense before Thee, The lifting up of my hands -- the evening present.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
• Rev 5:8 : 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
• Rev 8:3-4 : 3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all God's people on the golden altar before the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God's people, went up before God from the angel's hand.
• Exod 29:39 : 39 Offer one lamb in the morning, and offer the second lamb at twilight.
• 1 Kgs 18:36 : 36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command.
• Ps 5:3 : 3 Pay attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to You.
• Ps 28:2 : 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry out to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
• Ps 134:2 : 2 Lift up your hands in holiness and bless the LORD.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Dan 9:21 : 21 while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision earlier, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of Hosts.
• Luke 1:9-9 : 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 At the time of the incense offering, the whole assembly of the people was praying outside.
• Acts 3:1 : 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer, the ninth hour.
• Ps 63:4 : 4 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
• Ezra 9:4 : 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered around me as I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.
• Exod 29:41-42 : 41 Offer the second lamb at twilight, together with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 42 This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you to speak with you.
• Exod 30:7-9 : 7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he trims the lamps. 8 When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it. This shall be a perpetual incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, nor any burnt or grain offering, nor shall you pour a drink offering on it.
• Exod 30:34-38 : 34 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Take fragrant spices—stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures. 35 Make them into incense, blended as the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. 36 Grind some of it into powder and place it in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. 37 Do not make any incense with this formula for yourselves; regard it as holy to the LORD. 38 Whoever makes anything like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.'
• Lev 10:1-2 : 1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them to do. 2 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
• Lev 16:11-13 : 11 Aaron shall bring the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household. He is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. 12 Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the curtain. 13 He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement cover above the testimony, so that he will not die.
• Num 16:35 : 35 Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.