Psalm 135-140

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ For I know that the Lord is great;
    our Lord is above all gods.^(D)
6 Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.^(E)
7 He 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.^(F)

⁸ He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both humans and animals;^(G)
9 he sent signs and wonders
    into your midst, O Egypt,
    against Pharaoh and all his servants.^(H)
10 He struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings—^(I)
11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and Og, king of Bashan,
    and all the kingdoms of Canaan—^(J)
12 and gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.^(K)

¹³ Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
    your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.^(L)
14 For the Lord will vindicate his people
    and have compassion on his servants.^(M)

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.^(N)
16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
    they have eyes, but they do not see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but they do not hear,
    a nose, but there is no breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them
    and all who trust them
    shall become like them.

¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!^(O)
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!^(P)
21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion,
    he who resides in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!^(Q)

⁴ who alone does great wonders,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(T)
5 who by understanding made the heavens,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(U)
6 who spread out the earth on the waters,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(V)
7 who made the great lights,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(W)
8 the sun to rule over the day,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(X)
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁰ who struck Egypt through their firstborn,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(Y)
11 and brought Israel out from among them,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(Z)
12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AA)
13 who divided the Red Sea^[a] in two,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AB)
14 and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AC)
15 but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,^[b]
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AD)
16 who led his people through the wilderness,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AE)
who made water flow from the rock,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^[c]
17 who struck down great kings,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AF)
18 and killed famous kings,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
¹⁹ Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
²⁰ and Og, king of Bashan,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;
²¹ and gave their land as a heritage,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AG)
22 a heritage to his servant Israel,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.

²³ It is he who remembered us in our low estate,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AH)
24 and rescued us from our foes,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;^(AI)
25 who gives food to all flesh,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.^(AJ)

²⁶ O give thanks to the God of heaven,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.

⁴ How could we sing the Lord’s song
    in a foreign land?
⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
    let my right hand wither!
⁶ Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
    if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
    above my highest joy.^(AM)

⁷ Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites
    the day of Jerusalem’s fall,
how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down!
    Down to its foundations!”^(AN)
8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator!^[e]
    Happy shall they be who pay you back
    what you have done to us!^(AO)
9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones
    and dash them against the rock!^(AP)

⁴ All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Lord,
    for they have heard the words of your mouth.^(AT)
5 They shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
    for great is the glory of the Lord.
⁶ For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he perceives from far away.^(AU)

⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
    and your right hand delivers me.^(AV)
8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
    your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
    Do not forsake the work of your hands.^(AW)

⁷ Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?^(BD)
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.^(BE)
9 If I take the wings of the morning
    and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand shall lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me fast.^(BF)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and night wraps itself around me,”^[i](BG)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is as bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.^(BH)

¹³ For it was you who formed my inward parts;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.^(BI)
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
    Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.^(BJ)
15     My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in the depths of the earth.^(BK)
16 Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
    all the days that were formed for me,
    when none of them as yet existed.^[j]
17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!^(BL)
18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
    I come to the end^[k]—I am still with you.

¹⁹ O that you would kill the wicked, O God,
    and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me—^(BM)
20 those who speak of you maliciously
    and lift themselves up against you for evil!^[l](BN)
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
    And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?^(BO)
22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
    I count them my enemies.
²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my thoughts.^(BP)
24 See if there is any wicked^[m] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.^[n](BQ)

⁴ Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    protect me from the violent
    who have planned my downfall.^(BU)
5 The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread a net,^[o]
    along the road they have set snares for me. Selah^(BV)

⁶ I say to the Lord, “You are my God;
    give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications.”^(BW)
7 O Lord, my Lord, my strong deliverer,
    you have covered my head in the day of battle.^(BX)
8 Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
    do not further their evil plot.^[p] Selah^(BY)

⁹ Those who surround me lift up their heads;^[q]
    let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!^(BZ)
10 Let burning coals fall on them!
    Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!^(CA)
11 Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil speedily hunt down the violent!^(CB)

¹² I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the needy
    and executes justice for the poor.^(CC)
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
    the upright shall live in your presence.^(CD)