Psalms 135

1 Praise YAH! Praise the Name of YHWH, Praise, you servants of YHWH,

Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!

2 Who are standing in the house of YHWH, 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 Praise YAH! For YHWH [is] good, Sing praise to His Name, for [it is] pleasant.

Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].

4 For YAH has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].

5 For I have known that YHWH [is] great, Indeed, our Lord [is] above all gods.

I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.

6 All that YHWH pleased He has done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,

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 Causing vapors to ascend from the end of the earth, He has made lightnings for the rain, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

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 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, From man to beast.

He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.

9 He sent tokens and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, On Pharaoh and on all his servants.

There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.

10 Who struck many nations, and slew strong kings,

He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:

11 Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all kingdoms 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 And He gave their land an inheritance, An inheritance to His people Israel,

Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].

13 O YHWH, Your Name [is] for all time, O YHWH, Your memorial from generation to generation.

Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].

14 For YHWH judges His people, And comforts Himself for 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, Work of the hands of man.

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 a mouth, and they do not speak, They have eyes, and they do not see,

Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].

17 They have ears, and they do not give ear, Nose—there is no breath in their mouth!

They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.

18 Their makers are like them, Everyone who is trusting 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 YHWH, O house of Aaron, bless YHWH,

[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!

20 O house of Levi, bless YHWH, Those fearing YHWH, bless YHWH.

You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!

21 Blessed [is] YHWH from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem—praise YAH!

Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!