Psalm 135

¹Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord;

give praise, O servants of the Lord,

²you that 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 to his name, for he is gracious.

⁴For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel as his own possession.

⁵For I know that the Lord is great;

our Lord is above all gods.

⁶Whatever the Lord pleases he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

⁷He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth;

he makes lightnings for the rain

and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

both human beings and animals;

⁹he sent signs and wonders

into your midst, O Egypt,

against Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰He struck down many nations

and killed mighty kings—

¹¹Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og, king of Bashan,

and all the kingdoms of Canaan—

¹²and gave their land as a heritage,

a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³Your name, O Lord, endures forever,

your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.

¹⁴For the Lord will vindicate his people,

and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but they do not speak;

they have eyes, but they do not see;

¹⁷they have ears, but they do not hear,

and there is no breath in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them

and all who trust them

shall become like them.

¹⁹O house of Israel, bless the Lord!

O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!

²⁰O house of Levi, bless the Lord!

You that fear the Lord, bless the Lord!

²¹Blessed be the Lord from Zion,

he who resides in Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!