Ps 141 - Prayer incense

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Let my prayer be counted as incense before You,
and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not turn my heart to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity:
do not let me eat of their delicacies

Psalm 141:2-4

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