Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever

135 (A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
    give praise, O (B)servants of the Lord,
who (C)stand in the house of the Lord,
    in (D)the courts of the house of our God!
Praise the Lord, for (E)the Lord is good;
    sing to his name, (F)for it is pleasant![a]
For the Lord has (G)chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his (H)own possession.

For I know that (I)the Lord is great,
    and that our Lord is above all gods.
(J)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
(K)He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who (L)makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his (M)storehouses.

He it was who (N)struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both of man and of beast;
who in your midst, O Egypt,
    sent (O)signs and wonders
    against Pharaoh and all his servants;
10 (P)who struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings,
11 (Q)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and (R)Og, king of Bashan,
    and (S)all the kingdoms of Canaan,
12 and (T)gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

13 (U)Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
    (V)your renown,[b] O Lord, throughout all ages.
14 (W)For the Lord will vindicate his people
    and (X)have compassion on his servants.

15 (Y)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
16 They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
17 they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

19 (Z)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
20 O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord (AA)from Zion,
    he who (AB)dwells in Jerusalem!
(AC)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 135:3 Or for he is beautiful
  2. Psalm 135:13 Or remembrance

Psalm 135

Praise the Eternal!
    Praise and glorify the name of the One who always has been and always will be;
    praise Him, servants of the Eternal!
Join in the chorus, all you who minister in the Eternal’s temple;
    in the courts of our God’s temple,
Glorify the Eternal, for He is good!
    Sing praises, and honor His name for it is delightful.
For the Eternal made His choice; He selected Jacob as His own;
    He claimed Israel as His possession.

Now I know this: the Eternal is great; His power is unmatched.
    Our Master is above any so-called god.
He does whatever He pleases,
    in heaven, on earth,
    in the seas, and in all the ocean depths.
He draws up the clouds that rise over the whole earth,
    He causes rain and the lightning to strike,
    and He summons the wind from His storehouses.

He took the lives of Egypt’s firstborn,
    human and beast alike.
O Egypt, He worked wonders and signs before your eyes,
    signs against Pharaoh and Pharaoh’s servants.
10 He destroyed nation after nation
    and killed mighty kings:
11 Sihon, the Amorite king;
    Og, the king of Bashan;
    and even all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12 He conquered their land and gave it as an inheritance—
    an inheritance for His people, Israel.

13 Eternal One, Your name is everlasting.
    Your legacy, Eternal One, will be known through all the ages.
14 For the Eternal will judge His people,
    He will show compassion to those who serve Him.

15 The nations have idols of silver and gold,
    crafted by human hands!
16 They shaped mouths for them, but they cannot speak;
    they carved eyes into them, but they cannot see;
17 They placed ears on them, but they cannot hear;
    they cannot breathe, not even a puff of air from their mouths!
18 The artisans who made them
    are just like them,
    and so are all who mistakenly trust in them, no exceptions.

19 House of Israel, praise the Eternal;
    house of Aaron, praise the Eternal;
20 House of Levi, praise the Eternal;
    all those who revere the Eternal, praise Him!
21 Blessed be the Eternal from Zion,
    the One who has made Jerusalem His home.
Praise the Eternal!