New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 135

1 Praise the LORD!<br> Praise the name of the LORD!<br>Praise him, you who serve the LORD,<br> 2 you who serve in the house of the LORD,<br>in the courts of the house of our God (Elohim).<br> 3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;<br>celebrate his lovely name with music.<br> 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,<br>Israel for his own special treasure.<br> 5 I know the greatness of the LORD —<br>that our Lord is greater than any other god.<br> 6 The LORD does whatever pleases him<br>throughout all heaven and earth,<br>and on the seas and in their depths.<br> 7 He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.<br>He sends the lightning with the rain<br>and releases the wind from his storehouses.<br> 8 He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home,<br>both people and animals.<br> 9 He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt<br>against Pharaoh and all his people.<br> 10 He struck down great nations<br>and slaughtered mighty kings —<br> 11 Sihon king of the Amorites,<br>Og king of Bashan,<br>and all the kings of Canaan.<br> 12 He gave their land as an inheritance,<br>a special possession to his people Israel.<br> 13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever;<br>your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation.<br> 14 For the LORD will give justice to his people<br>and have compassion on his servants.<br> 15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,<br>shaped by human hands.<br> 16 They have mouths but cannot speak,<br>and eyes but cannot see.<br> 17 They have ears but cannot hear,<br>and mouths but cannot breathe.<br> 18 And those who make idols are just like them,<br>as are all who trust in them.<br> 19 O Israel, praise the LORD!<br>O priests — descendants of Aaron — praise the LORD!<br> 20 O Levites, praise the LORD!<br>All you who fear the LORD, praise the LORD!<br> 21 The LORD be praised from Zion,<br>for he lives here in Jerusalem.<br> Praise the LORD!<br>