Psalms 135 / 150
- 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 men and animals.
- 9He sent his 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, 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, O LORD , endures forever, your renown, O 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 the hands of men.
- 16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they 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.
- 19O house of Israel, praise the LORD ; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD ;
- 20O house 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 .