Psalms 135
1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
| הַלְלוּ ־ יָהּ ׀ הַֽלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם יְהֹוָה הַֽלְלוּ עַבְדֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃ |
2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
| שֶׁעֹמְדִים בְּבֵית יְהֹוָה בְּחַצְרוֹת בֵּית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ |
3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
| הַֽלְלוּ־יָהּ כִּֽי־טוֹב יְהֹוָה זַמְּרוּ לִשְׁמוֹ כִּי נָעִֽים׃ |
4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
| כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹב בָּחַר לוֹ יָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ |
5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
| כִּי אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־גָדוֹל יְהֹוָה וַאֲדֹנֵינוּ מִכׇּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
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.
| כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־חָפֵץ יְהֹוָה עָשָׂה בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ בַּיַּמִּים וְכׇל־תְּהֹמֽוֹת׃ |
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.
| מַעֲלֶה נְשִׂאִים מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ בְּרָקִים לַמָּטָר עָשָׂה מֽוֹצֵא־רוּחַ מֵאֽוֹצְרוֹתָֽיו׃ |
8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
| שֶׁהִכָּה בְּכוֹרֵי מִצְרָיִם מֵאָדָם עַד־בְּהֵמָֽה׃ |
9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
| שָׁלַח ׀ אוֹתֹת וּמֹפְתִים בְּתוֹכֵכִי מִצְרָיִם בְּפַרְעֹה וּבְכׇל־עֲבָדָֽיו׃ |
10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
| שֶׁהִכָּה גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וְהָרַג מְלָכִים עֲצוּמִֽים׃ |
11 Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
| לְסִיחוֹן ׀ מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי וּלְעוֹג מֶלֶךְ הַבָּשָׁן וּלְכֹל מַמְלְכוֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃ |
12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
| וְנָתַן אַרְצָם נַחֲלָה נַחֲלָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּֽוֹ׃ |
13 Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
| יְהֹוָה שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם יְהֹוָה זִכְרְךָ לְדֹר־וָדֹֽר׃ |
14 Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
| כִּֽי־יָדִין יְהֹוָה עַמּוֹ וְעַל־עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָֽם׃ |
15 But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
| עֲצַבֵּי הַגּוֹיִם כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָֽם׃ |
16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
| פֶּֽה־לָהֶם וְלֹא יְדַבֵּרוּ עֵינַיִם לָהֶם וְלֹא יִרְאֽוּ׃ |
17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
| אׇזְנַיִם לָהֶם וְלֹא יַאֲזִינוּ אַף אֵין־יֶשׁ־רוּחַ בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ |
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!
| כְּמוֹהֶם יִהְיוּ עֹשֵׂיהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵחַ בָּהֶֽם׃ |
19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
| בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּרְכוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה בֵּית אַהֲרֹן בָּרְכוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃ |
20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
| בֵּית הַלֵּוִי בָּרְכוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה יִֽרְאֵי יְהֹוָה בָּרְכוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃ |
21 Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
| בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה ׀ מִצִּיּוֹן שֹׁכֵן יְֽרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃ |
