Psalms 135

Psalm 135 ESV

1An exhortation to God's servants to praise him for his goodness, 5his power, 8and judgments against his people's enemies. 15The vanity of idols. 19An exhortation to bless God.
1 1Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O 2servants of the Lord,
2 who 1stand in the house of the Lord, in 2the courts of the house of our God!
3 Praise the Lord, for 1the Lord is good; sing to his name, 2for it is pleasant!a
4 For the Lord has 1chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his 2own possession.
5 For I know that 1the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
6 1Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
7 1He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who 2makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his 3storehouses.
8 He it was who 1struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
9 who in your midst, O Egypt, sent 1signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;
10 1who struck down many nations and killed mighty kings,
11 1Sihon, king of the Amorites, and 2Og, king of Bashan, and 3all the kingdoms of Canaan,
12 and 1gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
13 1Your name, O Lord, endures forever, 2your renown,a O Lord, throughout all ages.
14 1For the Lord will vindicate his people and 2have compassion on his servants.
15 1The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
16 They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.
19 1O house of Israel, bless the Lord! O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord! You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord 1from Zion, he who 2dwells in Jerusalem! 3Praise the Lord!
Psalms 135

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