| 135:1 |
Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD, |
| 135:2 |
you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. |
| 135:3 |
Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. |
| 135:4 |
For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession. |
| 135:5 |
I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. |
| 135:6 |
The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. |
| 135:7 |
He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. |
| 135:8 |
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals. |
| 135:9 |
He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. |
| 135:10 |
He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings-- |
| 135:11 |
Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan-- |
| 135:12 |
and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel. |
| 135:13 |
Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, through all generations. |
| 135:14 |
For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. |
| 135:15 |
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. |
| 135:16 |
They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; |
| 135:17 |
they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. |
| 135:18 |
Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. |
| 135:19 |
O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD; |
| 135:20 |
O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD. |
| 135:21 |
Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. |
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