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Psalm 141:2a "Let my prayer be set before You as incense..."

Day 348 – Psalm 141

“Let my prayer be set before You as incense…” Psalm 141:2a

SUPERSCRIPTION: A Psalm of David

This superscription simply acknowledges David as the author of this psalm.

A HEARTFELT CANDID PRAYER

The prayers of the psalmist David are deeply insightful. They bare open his soul.

“LORD, I cry out to You; Make haste to me!
Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practise wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Let the righteous strike me; it shall be kindness.
And let him rebuke me; it shall be excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.
For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.”
Psalm 141:1-5

1. A plea for this prayer to be heard

David does not take for granted that his prayers would be automatically heard and answered.

2. Content of this prayer

a) It is a prayer against the wicked.
b) It is a prayer to guard his own heart and his mouth so that they are not inclined to doing anything evil.
c) It is a prayer for Divine help to practise discernment and self-discipline.

3. Conscious application of this prayer

a) Not to be in fellowship with the wicked; not eating their delicacies.
b) To receive rebukes and corrections from the righteous well.
c) The words and acts of reproof are to be well-received as deeds of kindness.
d) Reproof may be painful initially but they would be refreshing at the end.