Psalms 141:2

Related Commentaries of Psalms 141:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the (b) lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice. (b) He means his earnest zeal...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLI. For Loyalty to God and His Saints. Psalms 141:1 f. The Psalmist begs Yahweh to hear his prayer. He utters this prayer in his house, and in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

incense. Compare Exodus 30:7 ; Revelation 8:3 ; Revelation 8:4 . sacrifice . gift offering. App-43.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the second verse the allusion is evidently to the legal ceremonies. (235) At that time the prayers of God’s people were according to his ow...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. As incense - Incense was offered ev...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let my prayer, &c.— This shews the writer at a distance from the tabernacle; where all their solemn prayers, together with their daily sacrific...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Let my prayer be set forth ('be d...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

An evening prayer in time of trouble. The Psalmist prays that he may be strengthened to resist temptation, and so escape the fate of evil men.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Be set forth ] lit. 'raise itself,' like the smoke of incense.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Set forth... — See margin; but more literally, be erected, suggesting the pillar of smoke (comp. Tennyson’s “Azure pillars of the hearth”) contin...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 141:1-10 PART of this psalm is hopelessly obscure, and the connection is difficult throughout. It is a prayer of a harassed soul, tempted t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Humility Psalms 141:1-10 This is an evening psalm. Acceptable prayer is as the smoke of incense rising in the still air, Revelation 5:8 ; Rev...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this song the influence of the external troubles upon the inner life of the singer is revealed. Throughout it breathes the spirit of fear lest the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

That the writer of this Psalm was offering up these cries and prayers in the faith of a Redeemer, is most evident from what he here saith of the ince...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

INCENSE AND OFFERING ‘Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.’ Psalms 141:2...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 pra...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice. Ver. 2. Let my prayer be set for...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let my prayer be set forth before thee Hebrews תכון לפניךְ, be directed to thy face, person, or presence. Let it not be lost, but let it come unt...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Fervent Supplications. A psalm of David. 1 L ORD , I cry unto thee...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be set forth before thee, Heb. be directed to thy face . Let it not be lost, but let it come unto thee and find audience. As incense; owned and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employ...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 141:1 . LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. You see how a child of God prays when he...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, like the last, is generally supposed to have been composed by David during his persecution by Saul, probably when he fled to Achish. The...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, I cry unto Thee. An invocation for the truly desirable in human life: - I. Divine attention to human aspirations (verses 1, 2). 1. For...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let my prayer be. .. as incense. The incense of prayer Throughout the Old Testament you find side by side these two trends of thought--a scrupu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance ( Psalms 141:1 ). This time the dan...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Evening Psalm in the Midst of Trials. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense, like the clouds of burning incense which rose up before the face of Jehovah in the Temple, as the...

² Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 141:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 141:2