O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Listen when I cry to you for help!
Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, ...
Exodus 29:41
"Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD." (see Exodus 29:38-46)
Exodus 30:8
"And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD's presence. This must be done from generation to generation."
(see Exodus 30:1-10)
Luke 1:8-10
One day Zechariah was serving God in the Temple, for his order was on duty that week. As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense. While the incense was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying. (see Luke 1:5-25)
Revelation 5:8
And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God's people.
(see all Revelation 5)
Revelation 8:3-5
Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God's people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne. The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God's holy people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out. Then the angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar and threw it down upon the earth, and thunder crashed, lightning flashed, and there was a terrible earthquake.
(see all Revelation 8)
... and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
Psalm 28:2
Listen to my prayer for mercy
as I cry out to you for help,
as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary. (see all Psalm 28)
Psalm 63:4
I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer. (see all Psalm 28)
1 Timothy 2:8
In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy. (see all 1 Timothy 2)
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