135:1 Praise the Lord.* Praise the name of the Lord; praise him, you servants of the Lord, / *Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verses 3 and 21
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 people and animals.
135:9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, 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, Lord, endures forever, your renown, 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 human hands.
135:16 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but 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 All you Israelites, praise the Lord; house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
135:20 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.