Psalm 135- 1
- Psalm 135
- 1
- Praise the LORD. [1] Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD,
- 2
- you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
- 3
- Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
- 4
- For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
- 5
- I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.
- 6
- The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.
- 7
- He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
- 8
- He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals.
- 9
- He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
- 10
- He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings--
- 11
- Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan--
- 12
- and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
- 13
- Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
- 14
- For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
- 15
- The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- 16
- They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;
- 17
- they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.
- 18
- Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
- 19
- O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
- 20
- O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD.
- 21
- Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
- [1] Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verses 3 and 21