Psalm 135

¹Hallelujah! Praise the Name of the Lord; *give praise, you servants of the Lord.

²You who stand in the house of the Lord, *in the courts of the house of our God.

³Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; *sing praises to his Name, for it is lovely.

⁴For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself *and Israel for his own possession.

⁵For I know that the Lord is great, *and that our Lord is above all gods.

⁶The Lord does whatever pleases him, in heaven and on earth, *in the seas and all the deeps.

⁷He brings up rain clouds from the ends of the earth; *he sends out lightning with the rain, and brings the winds out of his storehouse.

⁸It was he who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, *the firstborn both of man and beast.

⁹He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, *against Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰He overthrew many nations *and put mighty kings to death:

¹¹Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the kings of Bashan, *and all the kingdoms of Canaan.

¹²He gave their land to be an inheritance, *an inheritance for Israel his people.

¹³O Lord, your Name is everlasting; *your renown, O Lord, endures from age to age.

¹⁴For the Lord gives his people justice *and shows compassion to his servants.

¹⁵The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, *the work of human hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *eyes have they, but they cannot see.

¹⁷They have ears, but they cannot hear; *neither is there any breath in their mouth.

¹⁸Those who make them are like them, *and so are all who put their trust in them.

¹⁹Bless the Lord, O house of Israel; *O house of Aaron, bless the Lord.

²⁰Bless the Lord, O house of Levi; *you who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

²¹Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, *who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!