Psalms 135
1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord's reputation! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord
Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
2 who worship in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God.
You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praises to his character because it is wonderful!
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 for himself; Israel as his very own.
He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
5 I know how great the Lord is—our Lord is greater than all gods.
I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
6 The Lord does whatever he wants throughout heaven and earth, on the seas and in the ocean 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 all over the earth, he makes lightning flash and give rain, he sends the winds 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, both human and animal.
He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
9 He did wonderful miracles among you in 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, he killed powerful kings, such as
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 who ruled in 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 handed over their lands to Israel, his special people, for them to possess.
Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
13 Your reputation, Lord, stands forever; you, Lord, are remembered for 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 The Lord will vindicate his people; he will show compassion to those who follow him.
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 foreign nations are only objects of silver and gold, made by human hands.
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 can't speak; they have eyes, but can't see.
Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
17 They have ears, but can't hear; they can't even breathe!
They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
18 Those who make idols will become just like them, and so will everyone who trusts 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 People of Israel, praise the Lord! Descendants of Aaron, praise the Lord!
[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20 Levites, praise the Lord! Everyone who worships the Lord, praise the Lord!
You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
21 Praise the Lord from Zion, for he lives in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
