Psalm 135

The Lord Saves, Idols Do Not

135Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord;

praise him, you servants of the Lord,

²you who stand in the Lord’s Temple

and in the Temple courtyards.

³Praise the Lord, because he is good;

sing praises to him, because it is pleasant.

⁴The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself;

he has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.

⁵I know that the Lord is great.

Our Lord is greater than all the gods.

⁶The Lord does what he pleases,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and the deep oceans.

⁷He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth.

He sends the lightning with the rain.

He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸He destroyed the firstborn sons in Egypt

the firstborn of both people and animals.

⁹He did many signs and miracles in Egypt

against the king and his servants.

¹⁰He defeated many nations

and killed powerful kings:

¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites,

Og king of Bashan,

and all the kings of Canaan.

¹²Then he gave their land as a gift,

a gift to his people, the Israelites.

¹³Lord, your name is everlasting;

Lord, you will be remembered forever.

¹⁴The Lord defends his people

and has mercy on his servants.

¹⁵The idols of other nations are made of silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but they cannot speak.

They have eyes, but they cannot see.

¹⁷They have ears, but they cannot hear.

They have no breath in their mouths.

¹⁸People who make idols will be like them,

and so will those who trust them.

¹⁹Family of Israel, praise the Lord.

Family of Aaron, praise the Lord.

²⁰Family of Levi, praise the Lord.

You who respect the Lord should praise him.

²¹You people of Jerusalem, praise the Lord on Mount Zion.

Praise the Lord!