Psalm 135

¹Praise the Lord.

Praise the name of the Lord;

praise him, you servants of the Lord,

²you who minister in the house of the Lord,

in the courts of the house of our God.

³Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;

sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.

⁴For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own,

Israel to be his treasured possession.

⁵I know that the Lord is great,

that our Lord is greater than all gods.

⁶The Lord does whatever pleases him,

in the heavens and on the earth,

in the seas and all their depths.

⁷He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;

he sends lightning with the rain

and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

the firstborn of people and animals.

⁹He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,

against Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰He struck down many nations

and killed mighty kings—

¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites,

Og king of Bashan,

and all the kings of Canaan—

¹²and he gave their land as an inheritance,

an inheritance to his people Israel.

¹³Your name, Lord, endures forever,

your renown, Lord, through all generations.

¹⁴For the Lord will vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

made by human hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but cannot speak,

eyes, but cannot see.

¹⁷They have ears, but cannot hear,

nor is there breath in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them will be like them,

and so will all who trust in them.

¹⁹All you Israelites, praise the Lord;

house of Aaron, praise the Lord;

²⁰house of Levi, praise the Lord;

you who fear him, praise the Lord.

²¹Praise be to the Lord from Zion,

to him who dwells in Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord.