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.