Psalm 141:2–3
Psalm 141:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;
And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
3 Take control of what I say, O Lord,
and guard my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)
2 Let my prayer be like incense placed before you,
and my praise like the evening sacrifice.
3 Lord, help me control my tongue;
help me be careful about what I say.
Psalm 141:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation. 3 Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
2 Let my prayer be accepted
as sweet-smelling incense in your presence.
Let the lifting up of my hands in prayer be accepted
as an evening sacrifice.
3 O Lord, set a guard at my mouth.
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense,
the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 Let my prayer be set before you as incense,
the lifting up of my palms as the evening offering.
3 Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
2 May my prayer come to you like the sweet smell of incense.
When I lift up my hands in prayer, may it be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Lord, guard my mouth.
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Psalm 141:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.