Psalm 135

GOD’S WORD Translation

135 Hallelujah!

Praise the name of the Lord.
Praise him, you servants of the Lord
² who are standing in the house of the Lord,
in the courtyards of the house of our God.
³ Praise the Lord because he is good.
Make music to praise his name because his name is beautiful.
⁴ The Lord chose Jacob to be his own
and chose Israel to be his own special treasure.

⁵ I know that the Lord is great,
that our Lord is greater than all the false gods.
⁶ The Lord does whatever he wants in heaven or on earth,
on the seas or in all the depths of the oceans.
⁷ He is the one who makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth,
who makes lightning for the thunderstorms,
and who brings wind out of his storerooms.

⁸ He is the one who killed every firstborn male in Egypt.
He killed humans and animals alike.
⁹ He sent miraculous signs and amazing things into the heart of Egypt
against Pharaoh and all his officials.
¹⁰ He is the one who defeated many nations and killed mighty kings:
¹¹ King Sihon of the Amorites,
King Og of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms in Canaan.
¹² He gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to his people Israel.
¹³ O Lord, your name endures forever.
O Lord, you will be remembered throughout every generation.
¹⁴ The Lord will provide justice for his people
and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are made of silver and gold.
They were made by human hands.^[a]
16 They have mouths, but they cannot speak.
They have eyes, but they cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but they cannot hear.
They cannot breathe.
¹⁸ Those who make idols end up like them.
So does everyone who trusts them.

¹⁹ Descendants of Israel, praise the Lord.
Descendants of Aaron, praise the Lord.
²⁰ Descendants of Levi, praise the Lord.
You people who fear the Lord, praise the Lord.
²¹ Thank the Lord in Zion.
Thank the one who lives in Jerusalem.

Hallelujah!