Matt Redman - The Prayer of The Saints Lyrics

The Prayer of the Saints centers on an image of prayer and praise rising before God like fragrant incense. Its repeated questions give way to petitions, moving from reflection toward a desire that the worship of the saints would be pleasing to God. The simple language keeps attention on communion with God rather than on personal achievement, while the recurring phrase “to Your heart” presents worship as an offering directed to him.

The incense imagery closely echoes biblical descriptions of prayer. Psalm 141:2 compares prayer offered before God with incense, and Revelation 8:3–4 portrays incense rising with the prayers of the saints. Against that background, the song joins prayer and singing as related acts of devotion. Repetition gives the lyric a meditative character, allowing its central petition to remain clear: that the gathered prayers and songs of believers may ascend as an acceptable offering before God.