Psalm 135

Living Bible

135 Hallelujah! ² Yes, let his people praise him as they stand in his Temple courts. ³ Praise the Lord because he is so good; sing to his wonderful name. ⁴ For the Lord has chosen Israel as his personal possession.

⁵ I know the greatness of the Lord—that he is greater far than any other god. ⁶ He does whatever pleases him throughout all of heaven and earth and in the deepest seas. ⁷ He makes mists rise throughout the earth; he sends the lightning to bring down the rain and sends the winds from his treasuries. ⁸ He destroyed the eldest child in each Egyptian home, along with the firstborn of the flocks. ⁹ He did great miracles in Egypt before Pharaoh and all his people. ¹⁰ He smote great nations, slaying mighty kings— ¹¹ Sihon, king of Amorites; and Og, the king of Bashan; and the kings of Canaan— ¹² and gave their land as an eternal gift to his people Israel.

¹³ O Jehovah, your name endures forever; your fame is known to every generation. ¹⁴ For Jehovah will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵ The heathen worship idols of gold and silver made by men— ¹⁶ idols with speechless mouths, sightless eyes, ¹⁷ and ears that cannot hear; they cannot even breathe. ¹⁸ Those who make them become like them! And so do all who trust in them!

¹⁹ O Israel, bless Jehovah! High Priests of Aaron, bless his name. ²⁰ O Levite priests, bless the Lord Jehovah! Oh, bless his name, all of you who trust and reverence him. ²¹ All people of Jerusalem, praise the Lord,^[a] for he lives here in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!