Psalms 141:2

“Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense, etc.] Which was offered every morning on the altar of incense, at which time the people were praying, (<023001>Exodus 30:1,7,8 <420110>Luke 1:10); and was an emblem of it, even of pure, holy, and fervent prayer; which being offered on the altar Christ, which sanctifies every gift, and by him the High Priest; through whom every sacrifice is acceptable unto God; and through whose blood and righteousness, and the sweet incense of his mediation and intercession, it becomes fragrant and a sweet odour to the Lord; and being directed to him, it goes upwards, is regarded by him, and continues before him as sweet incense; which is what the psalmist…”

“Let my prayer be set forth before thee - Margin, “directed.” The Hebrew word means to fit; to establish; to make firm. The psalmist desires that his prayer should not be like that which is feeble, languishing, easily dissipated, but that it should be like that which is firm and secure. As incense - See the notes and illustrations at Luke 1:9-10. Let my prayer come before thee in such a manner as incense does when it is offered in worship; in a manner of which the ascending of incense is a suitable emblem. See the notes at Revelation 5:8; notes at Revelation 8:3. And the lifting up of my hands - In prayer; a natural posture in that act of worship. As the evening sacrifice - The sacrifice…”

“Let my prayer: David, who was now driven from Judea, and far from the sanctuary, here prays that the devotion of his heart, and the elevation of his hands, might be accepted; that the one might ascend to heaven fragrant and well pleasing as the cloud of incense, and the other, in conjunction with it, be prevalent as the minchah, or evening oblation. Pro 15:8 set forth: Heb. directed, Psa 5:3 as incense: Exo 30:7-9, Exo 30:34-38; Lev 10:1, Lev 10:2, Lev 16:11-13; Num 16:35, Num 16:46-48; Mal 1:11; Luk 1:9, Luk 1:10; Rev 5:8, Rev 8:3, Rev 8:4 the lifting: Psa 28:2, Psa 63:4, Psa 134:2; Ti1 2:8 the evening: Exo 29:39, Exo 29:42; Kg1 18:36; Ezr 9:4; Dan 9:21; Act 3:1 Psalms 141:3”