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