135:1 ①Praise ②the LORD!
Praise the name of the LORD;
Praise Him, you servants of the LORD,
▷ ①Or Hallelujah! ②Heb YAH
135:2 You who stand in the house of the LORD,
In the courtyards of the house of our God!
135:3 ①Praise ②the LORD, for the LORD is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
▷ ①Or Hallelujah! ②Heb YAH
135:4 For ①the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His own possession.
▷ ①Heb YAH
135:5 For I know that the LORD is great
And that our Lord is above all gods.
135:6 Whatever the LORD pleases, He does,
In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.
135:7 ①He causes the ②mist to ascend from the ends of the earth,
③He makes lightning for the rain;
④He brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
▷ ①Lit The one who ②I.e., clouds ③Lit The one who ④Lit The one who
135:8 ①He struck the firstborn of Egypt,
②Both human firstborn and animal.
▷ ①Lit The one who ②Lit From man to animal
135:9 ①He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
▷ ①Lit The one who
135:10 ①He struck many nations
And brought death to mighty kings,
▷ ①Lit The one who
135:11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
Og, king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan;
135:12 And He gave their land as an inheritance,
An inheritance to His people Israel.
135:13 Your name, LORD, is everlasting,
The mention of You, LORD, is ①throughout all generations.
▷ ①Lit to
135:14 For the LORD will judge His people
And will have compassion on His servants.
135:15 The idols of the nations are nothing but silver and gold,
The work of human hands.
135:16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;
135:17 They have ears, but they do not hear,
Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.
135:18 Those who make them will become like them,
Yes, everyone who trusts in them.
135:19 House of Israel, bless the LORD;
House of Aaron, bless the LORD;
135:20 House of Levi, bless the LORD;
You who ①revere the LORD, bless the LORD.
▷ ①Lit fear
135:21 Blessed be the LORD from Zion,
Who dwells in Jerusalem.
①Praise ②the LORD!
▷ ①Or Hallelujah! ②Heb YAH