Psalm 135

New Century Version

Praise the name of the Lord;
    praise him, you servants of the Lord,
² you who stand in the Lord’s Temple
    and in the Temple courtyards.
³ Praise the Lord, because he is good;
    sing praises to him, because it is pleasant.

⁴ The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself;
    he has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.
⁵ I know that the Lord is great.
    Our Lord is greater than all the gods.
⁶ The Lord does what he pleases,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and the deep oceans.
⁷ He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth.
    He sends the lightning with the rain.
    He brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸ He destroyed the firstborn sons in Egypt
    the firstborn of both people and animals.
⁹ He did many signs and miracles in Egypt
    against the king and his servants.
¹⁰ He defeated many nations
    and killed powerful kings:
¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites,
    Og king of Bashan,
    and all the kings of Canaan.
¹² Then he gave their land as a gift,
    a gift to his people, the Israelites.

¹³ Lord, your name is everlasting;
    Lord, you will be remembered forever.
¹⁴ The Lord defends his people
    and has mercy on his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of other nations are made of silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they cannot speak.
    They have eyes, but they cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but they cannot hear.
    They have no breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ People who make idols will be like them,
    and so will those who trust them.

¹⁹ Family of Israel, praise the Lord.
    Family of Aaron, praise the Lord.
²⁰ Family of Levi, praise the Lord.
    You who respect the Lord should praise him.
²¹ You people of Jerusalem, praise the Lord on Mount Zion.
    Praise the Lord!