Psalms 135

1Hallelujah.Praise the name of GOD;give praise, you servants of GOD

2who stand in the house of GOD,in the courts of the house of our God.

3Praise Yah, for GOD is good;sing hymns to this name, for it is pleasant.

4For Yah has chosen to keep Jacob close,[treating] Israel as a treasured possession.

5For I know that GOD is great,that our Sovereign is greater than all gods.

6Whatever GOD desires is donein heaven and earth,in the seas and all the depths.

7This is who makes clouds rise from the end of the earth;who makes lightning for the rain;who releases the wind from divine vaults.

8[God] struck down the first-born of Egypt,human and animal alike—

9sending signs and portents against Egypt,against Pharaoh and all his servants,

10striking down many nationsand slaying numerous kings—

11Sihon, king of the Amorites,Og, king of Bashan,and all the royalty of Canaan—

12and giving their lands as a heritage,as a heritage to Israel—God’s people.

13O ETERNAL One, Your name endures forever,Your fame, O ETERNAL One, through all generations;

14for GOD will champion this people,and obtain satisfaction for their service.

15The idols of the nations are silver and gold,the work of human hands.

16They have mouths, but cannot speak;they have eyes, but cannot see;

17they have ears, but cannot hear,nor is there breath in their mouths.

18Those who fashion them,all who trust in them,shall become like them.

19O house of Israel, bless GOD;O house of Aaron, bless GOD;

20O house of Levi, bless GOD;you who fear GOD, bless GOD.

21Blessed is GOD from Zion,the One who dwells in Jerusalem.Hallelujah.