Psalm 134–137

PSALM 134

Greetings of Night Watchers.

A Song of Ascents.

¹Behold, ^abless the Lord, all ^bservants of the Lord,

Who ^1cserve ^dby night in the house of the Lord!

^2aLift up your hands to the ^bsanctuary

And bless the Lord.

³May the Lord ^abless you from Zion,

He who ^bmade heaven and earth.

PSALM 135

Praise the Lord’s Wonderful Works. Vanity of Idols.

^11aPraise ²the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord;

Praise Him, O ^bservants of the Lord,

²You who stand in the house of the Lord,

In the ^acourts of the house of our God!

³¹Praise ²the Lord, for ^athe Lord is good;

^bSing praises to His name, ^cfor it is lovely.

⁴For ¹the Lord has ^achosen Jacob for Himself,

Israel for His ^2bown possession.

⁵For I know that ^athe Lord is great

And that our Lord is ^babove all gods.

^6aWhatever the Lord pleases, He does,

In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

⁷¹He ^acauses the ²vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;

Who ^bmakes lightnings for the rain,

Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

⁸¹He ^asmote the firstborn of Egypt,

²Both of man and beast.

⁹¹He sent ^asigns and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,

Upon ^bPharaoh and all his servants.

^101aHe ^bsmote many nations

And slew mighty kings,

^11aSihon, king of the Amorites,

And ^bOg, king of Bashan,

And ^call the kingdoms of Canaan;

¹²And He ^agave their land as a heritage,

A heritage to Israel His people.

¹³Your ^aname, O Lord, is everlasting,

Your ¹remembrance, O Lord, ²throughout all generations.

¹⁴For the Lord will ^ajudge His people

And ^bwill have compassion on His servants.

¹⁵The ^aidols of the nations are but silver and gold,

The work of man’s 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,

Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them will be like them,

Yes, everyone who trusts in them.

¹⁹O house of ^aIsrael, bless the Lord;

O house of Aaron, bless the Lord;

²⁰O house of Levi, bless the Lord;

You ^awho ¹revere the Lord, bless the Lord.

²¹Blessed be the Lord ^afrom Zion,

Who ^bdwells in Jerusalem.

¹Praise ²the Lord!

PSALM 136

Thanks for the Lord’s Goodness to Israel.

^1aGive thanks to the Lord, for ^bHe is good,

For ^cHis lovingkindness is everlasting.

²Give thanks to the ^aGod of gods,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

³Give thanks to the ^aLord of lords,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

⁴To Him who ^aalone does great ¹wonders,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

⁵To Him who ^amade the heavens ^1bwith skill,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

⁶To Him who ^aspread out the earth above the waters,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

⁷To Him who ^amade the great lights,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

⁸The ^asun to rule ¹by day,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

⁹The ^amoon and stars to rule ¹by night,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

¹⁰To Him who ^asmote ¹the Egyptians in their firstborn,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

¹¹And ^abrought Israel out from their midst,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

¹²With a ^astrong hand and an ^boutstretched arm,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

¹³To Him who ^adivided the ¹Red Sea ²asunder,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

¹⁴And ^amade Israel pass through the midst of it,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

¹⁵But ^aHe ¹overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the ²Red Sea,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

¹⁶To Him who ^aled His people through the wilderness,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

¹⁷To Him who ^asmote great kings,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

¹⁸And ^aslew ¹mighty kings,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting:

^19aSihon, king of the Amorites,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

²⁰And ^aOg, king of Bashan,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

²¹And ^agave their land as a heritage,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

²²Even a heritage to Israel His ^aservant,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

²³Who ^aremembered us in our low estate,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

²⁴And has ^arescued us from our adversaries,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

²⁵Who ^agives food to all flesh,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

²⁶Give thanks to the ^aGod of heaven,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

PSALM 137

An Experience of the Captivity.

¹By the ^arivers of Babylon,

There we sat down and ^bwept,

When we remembered Zion.

²Upon the ^1awillows in the midst of it

We ^bhung our ²harps.

³For there our captors ^1ademanded of us ²songs,

And ^bour tormentors mirth, saying,

“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

⁴How can we sing ^athe Lord’s song

In a foreign land?

⁵If I ^aforget you, O Jerusalem,

May my right hand ¹forget her skill.

⁶May my ^atongue cling to the roof of my mouth

If I do not remember you,

If I do not ^1bexalt Jerusalem

Above my chief joy.

⁷Remember, O Lord, against the sons of ^aEdom

The day of Jerusalem,

Who said, “Raze it, raze it

^bTo its very foundation.”

⁸O daughter of Babylon, you ^1adevastated one,

How blessed will be the one who ^brepays you

With ²the recompense with which you have repaid us.

⁹How blessed will be the one who seizes and ^adashes your little ones

Against the rock.