Psalms 135

1 Praise ye Jah! Praise ye the name of Jehovah, Praise, ye servants of Jehovah,

Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!

2 Who are standing in the house of Jehovah, 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 Jah! for Jehovah [is] good, Sing praise to His name, for [it is] pleasant.

Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].

4 For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].

5 For I have known that great [is] Jehovah, Yea, our Lord [is] above all gods.

I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.

6 All that Jehovah pleased He hath done, In the heavens and in earth, In the seas and all deep places,

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 He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

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 first-born of Egypt, From man unto beast.

He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.

9 He sent tokens and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, On Pharaoh and on all his servants.

There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.

10 Who smote many nations, and slew strong kings,

He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:

11 Even Sihon king of the Amorite, And Og king of Bashan, And all 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 He gave their land an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel His people,

Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].

13 O Jehovah, Thy name [is] to the age, O Jehovah, Thy memorial to all generations.

Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].

14 For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself.

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, Work of the hands of man.

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 they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].

17 Ears they have, and they give not ear, 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 them are their makers, Every one who is trusting 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 ye Jehovah, O house of Aaron, bless ye Jehovah,

[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!

20 O house of Levi, bless ye Jehovah, Those fearing Jehovah, bless ye Jehovah.

You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!

21 Blessed [is] Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem — praise ye Jah!

Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!