Psalm 135
Give Praise, O Servants of the LORD
(Psalms 115:1–18)
¹ Hallelujah!1 Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
² who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
³ Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
⁵ For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
⁶ The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
⁷ He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
⁸ He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
⁹ He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰ He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
¹² He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
¹³ Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
¹⁴ For the LORD will vindicate His people 2 and will have compassion on His servants.
¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
²⁰ O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
²¹ Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!