Psalms 141:2 meaning and explanation

May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.

Psalms 141:2, Berean Standard Bible

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David is in danger, likely fleeing enemies who are plotting against him, and he asks God to hear him quickly. He pictures his prayer as incense rising and his raised hands as the evening sacrifice, the daily offering of a lamb described in Exodus 29:39.

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