Psalms 135
1 Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
2 who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
3 Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
5 For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
10 He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
12 He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
14 For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
17 they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
18 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
19 O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20 O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
21 Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
