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