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Psalm 141:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 Let my prayer be incense[a] before you;
    my uplifted hands an evening offering.(A)
3 Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth,
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(B)
4 Do not let my heart incline to evil,
    to perform deeds in wickedness.
On the delicacies of evildoers
    let me not feast.

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Footnotes

  1. 141:2 Incense: lit., “smoke,” i.e., the fragrant fumes arising from the altar at the burning of sacrificial animals or of aromatic spices; also used in Rev 5:8 as a symbol of prayer. My uplifted hands: the gesture of supplication, cf. Ps 28:2; 63:5; 88:10; 119:48; 134:2; 143:6.
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