Psalms 135

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