Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Que ma prière soit devant ta face comme l'encens, Et l'élévation de mes mains comme l'offrande du soir!
KJV
Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ὸ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου καὶ μέχρι δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς 1 Es. 25, 6. 16 Ps. 50, 14. 19 Ps. 141, 2. 20 Ps. 51, 17. 28 Mal. 1, 11. ἔθνεσι. καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προςάγεται τῷ ὀν’ ματί μου καὶ θυσία καθαρά.” Θύομεν δῆτα τοιγαροῦν τῷ ἐπὶ πάντων θεῷ θυσίαν αἰνέσεως·…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Generalis elementaria introductio (= Eclogae propheticae)
ου, τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου· οἷς ἐπιφέρει τὸ, ἐμὲ ὑπομένουσι δίκαιοι ἕως οὗ ἀνταποδῷς μοι.Ps. 141, 2. Ὑπέμειναν οὖν τὸν Χριστὸν πάντες ἐκεῖνοι οἱ δίκαιοι ἕως οὗ ἀνταποδῷ αὐτῷ ὁ Πατὴρ, ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐκένωσεν ἑαυτὸν, ὑπήκοος αὐτῷ γενόμενος μέχρι θανάτου.Phil. 2, 8. Τίνα δὲ ἀντ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
y by being expressed vocally. Therefore prayer should not be vocal. On the contrary, It is written ( Ps. 141:2 ): "I cried to the Lord with my voice, with my voice I made supplication to the Lord." I answer that, Prayer is twofold, common and individual. Common prayer is that whi…
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