Psalms 135
1 Praise ye Yah, Praise ye the Name of Yahweh, Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh;
Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
2 Who stand In the house of Yahweh, 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 ye Yah, For good is Yahweh, Sing praises to his Name, For it is full of delight;
Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
4 For, Jacob, hath Yah chosen for himself, Israel, for his own treasure.
He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
5 For, I, know that great is Yahweh, yea, our Lord, is beyond all gods.
I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
6 Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done, —in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps:
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 vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, —Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.
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 smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man, and of beast;
He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
9 Sent signs and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings:
He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the 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 gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people.
Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
13 O Yahweh! thy Name, is age-abiding, —O Yahweh! thy memorial, is to generation after 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 Yahweh will vindicate his people, —and, on his servants, have compassion.
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, the work of 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 A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not;
Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
17 Ears, have they, but they hear not, 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 Like unto them, shall be they who make them, every one who trusteth 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 Yahweh, O house of Aaron! bless Yahweh;
[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20 O house of Levi! bless Yahweh, Ye that revere Yahweh! bless Yahweh.
You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
21 Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion, Who inhabiteth Jerusalem, Praise ye Yah!
Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
