Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
Ye 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 the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
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, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
For I know that the Lord is great, and that 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.
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
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 causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
Who smote great 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].
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
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, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout 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 he will repent himself concerning 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 heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, 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!
They that make them are like unto them: so is 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: ye 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 Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
