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Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help
    when I lift up my hands toward your holy place.[a](A)

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  1. 28:2 Your holy place: the innermost part of the Temple, the holy of holies, containing the ark, cf. 1 Kgs 6:16, 19–23; 8:6–8.

Let my prayer be incense[a] before you;
    my uplifted hands an evening offering.(A)

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  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.