PSA 141:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐκέκραξα, φωνῇ μου πρὸς Κύριον ἐδεήθην.
(Fōnaʸ mou pros Kurion ekekraxa, fōnaʸ mou pros Kurion edeaʸthaʸn. )

BrTr I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

ULT May my prayer rise like incense to your face;
⇔ may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice.

UST Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering to you.
⇔ Accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you,
⇔ just as you accept sacrifices that are offered to you in the evening.

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

OEB Let my prayer be presented as incense before you,
⇔ and my uplifted hands as the evening meal-offering.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV My prayer is prepared—incense before You,
The lifting up of my hands—the evening present.

FBV May my prayer be like incense before you, my uplifted hands like an evening offering.

T4T Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering [SIM] to you.
⇔ And accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you
⇔ like you accept sacrifices that I offer to you each evening [SIM].

LEB • as incense, the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering.

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

Moff Let my prayer rise like incense before thee,
⇔ my lifted hands like the evening sacrifice.

JPS Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

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

DRA I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.

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

Drby Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.

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

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

KJB-1769 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.[fn]
(Let my prayer be set forth before thee/you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. )

141.2 set…: Heb. directed

KJB-1611 [fn]Let my prayer bee set foorth before thee as incense: and the lifting vp of my hands as the Euening sacrifice.
(Let my prayer be set forth before thee/you as incense: and the lifting up of my hands as the Euening sacrifice.)

141:2 Hebr. directed.

Bshps Let my prayer be directed before thy face as an incense: let the liftyng vp of mine handes be an euenyng sacrifice.
(Let my prayer be directed before thy/your face as an incense: let the liftyng up of mine hands be an evening sacrifice.)

Gnva Let my prayer be directed in thy sight as incense, and the lifting vp of mine hands as an euening sacrifice.
(Let my prayer be directed in thy/your sight as incense, and the lifting up of mine hands as an evening sacrifice. )

Cvdl Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incese, and let the liftinge vp of my hades be an euenynge sacrifice.
(Let my prayer be set forth in thy/your sight as the incese, and let the liftinge up of my hades be an eveninge sacrifice.)

Wycl With my vois Y criede to the Lord; with my vois Y preiede hertli to the Lord.
(With my voice I cried to the Lord; with my voice I prayed hertli to the Lord.)

Luth Mein Gebet müsse vor dir taugen wie ein Räuchopfer, mein Händeaufheben wie ein Abendopfer.
(My Gebet müsse before/in_front_of you/to_you taugen like a Räuchopfer, my handsaufheben like a Abendopfer.)

ClVg [Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi, voce mea ad Dominum deprecatus sum.[fn]
([Voce mea to Dominum clamavi, voce mea to Dominum deprecatus sum. )

141.2 Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi. Primo ponitur oratio contra mala, secundo agit de fine malorum, ibi: Clamavi ad te, Domine. Monet ergo nos orare. Et in persona totius Christi, quasi de spelunca ad Deum clamantis, ait: Deprecatus sum. AUG. Quod dicit clamavi, exponit, deprecatus sum. Quasi dicat: Clamor meus deprecatio est, non murmur, non blasphemia.

141.2 Voce mea to Dominum clamavi. Primo putsur speech on_the_contrary mala, secondly agit about fine malorum, ibi: Clamavi to you(sg), Domine. Monet therefore we orare. And in persona totius of_Christ, as_if about spelunca to God crying, he_said: Deprecatus sum. AUG. That dicit clamavi, exponit, deprecatus sum. Quasi let_him_say: Clamor mine deprecatio it_is, not/no murmur, not/no blasphemia.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

May my prayer be like incense

(Some words not found in UHB: set prayer,my incense to=your=face lifting_up hands,my offering evening )

The psalmist asks Yahweh to accept and be pleased with his prayer the way he would accept and be pleased with incense. Alternate translation: “May the my prayer please you the way the sweet smell of incense pleases people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

my prayer

(Some words not found in UHB: set prayer,my incense to=your=face lifting_up hands,my offering evening )

The psalmist wants Yahweh to be pleased with him because he is praying and because of the words of his prayer.

my lifted hands

(Some words not found in UHB: set prayer,my incense to=your=face lifting_up hands,my offering evening )

“the hands that I have lifted up.” Lifted hands are a metonym for prayer. People lifted their hands when they prayed or praised Yahweh. See how you translated “lift up your hands” in Psalms 134:2.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

be like the evening sacrifice

(Some words not found in UHB: set prayer,my incense to=your=face lifting_up hands,my offering evening )

The means to be like the animal that was burned on the altar in the evening. The psalmist speaks as if he wants Yahweh to be as pleased with him as he is with those who bring animals to sacrifice. He wants Yahweh to be pleased because the psalmist is praying or because of the words of his prayer.

Parallel PSA 141:2