Psalms 135

Psalm 135

Praise for God’s Goodness and Might

1Praise the Lord !

Praise the name of the Lord ;

give praise, O servants of the Lord ,

2you who stand in the house of the Lord ,[#Ps 92.13; Lk 2.37]

in the courts of the house of our God.

3Praise the Lord , for the Lord is good;[#Ps 119.68; 147.1]

sing to his name, for he is gracious.

4For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,[#Ex 19.5; Deut 7.6, 7; 10.15; 1 Pet 2.9]

Israel as his own possession.

5For I know that the Lord is great;[#Ps 48.1; 97.9]

our Lord is above all gods.

6Whatever the Lord pleases he does,[#Ps 115.3]

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

7He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth;[#Job 38.22; Jer 10.13]

he makes lightnings for the rain

and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

8He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,[#Ex 12.12; Ps 78.51]

both humans and animals;

9he sent signs and wonders[#Ps 78.43]

into your midst, O Egypt,

against Pharaoh and all his servants.

10He struck down many nations[#Num 21.24]

and killed mighty kings—

11Sihon, king of the Amorites,[#Num 21.21–26, 33–35]

and Og, king of Bashan,

and all the kingdoms of Canaan—

12and gave their land as a heritage,[#Ps 78.55]

a heritage to his people Israel.

13Your name, O Lord , endures forever,[#Ex 3.15; Ps 102.12]

your renown, O Lord , throughout all ages.

14For the Lord will vindicate his people[#Deut 32.36]

and have compassion on his servants.

15The idols of the nations are silver and gold,[#Ps 115.4–8]

the work of human hands.

16They have mouths, but they do not speak;

they have eyes, but they do not see;

17they have ears, but they do not hear,

a nose, but there is no breath in their mouths.

18Those who make them

and all who trust them

shall become like them.

19O house of Israel, bless the Lord ![#Ps 115.9]

O house of Aaron, bless the Lord !

20O house of Levi, bless the Lord ![#Ps 118.4]

You who fear the Lord , bless the Lord !

21Blessed be the Lord from Zion,[#Ps 134.3]

he who resides in Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord !

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