Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
Praise ye the name of the Lord: O you his servants, praise the Lord:
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
You that 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].
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet.
4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: Israel for his own possession.
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God 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.
Whatsoever the Lord hath pleased he hath done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all the deeps.
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 bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
He slew the firstborn of Egypt from man even unto beast.
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon Pharao, and upon all his servants.
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
He smote many nations, and slew 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].
Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan.
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance 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].
Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy memorial, O Lord, unto 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 judge his people, and will be entreated in favour of 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 Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of men’s hands.
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they see not.
17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any 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!
Let them that make them be like to them: and every one that trusteth in them.
19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: you that 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 out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.
