^1. Psalm 135

^1. Praise the LORD. [1] Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD,

^2. you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

^3. Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.

^4. For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.

^5. I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.

^6. The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.

^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.

^8. He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals.

^9. He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

^10. He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings--

^11. Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan--

^12. and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.

^13. Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, through all generations.

^14. For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

^15. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

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

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

^18. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

^19. O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;

^20. O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD.

^21. Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.