Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense,.... Which was offered every morning on the altar of incense, at which time the people were praying, Exo 30:1; and was an emblem of it, even of pure,…

Let my prayer be set forth before thee - Margin, “directed.” The Hebrew word means to fit; to establish; to make firm. The psalmist desires that his prayer should not be like that which is feeble,…

Mercy to accept what we do well, and grace to keep us from doing ill, are the two things which we are here taught by David's example to pray to God for.

I. David loved prayer, and he begs of God that…

Let my prayer be set forth Lit. be prepared, set in order. The same word is used of the service of the Temple in 2Ch 29:35; 2Ch 35:10; 2Ch 35:16. Or, be presented, avail.

incense Either the daily…