Psalm 135

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!