Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
6 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.
The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
7 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.
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.
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
11 Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
13 Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
14 Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
15 But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 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!
Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
21 Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
