Praise the name of the Lord;
    praise him, you servants of the Lord,
² you who stand in the Lord’s ·Temple [^Lhouse]
    and in the ·Temple courtyards [^Lcourtyards of the house of our God].
³ Praise the Lord, because the Lord is good;
    ·sing praises [make a psalm] to him, because it is pleasant.

⁴ The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself;
    he has chosen the people of Israel ·for his very own [as his special possession/treasure; Ex. 19:5–6; Deut. 7:6; 14:2; Mal. 3:17].
⁵ I know that the Lord is great.
    Our Lord is greater than all the gods.
⁶ The Lord does what he pleases,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and the deep oceans.
⁷ He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth.
    He ·sends [^Lmakes] the lightning with the rain.
He brings out the wind from his storehouses [Job 38:22–23].

⁸ He ·destroyed [^Lstruck] the firstborn sons in Egypt
    the firstborn of both people and animals [Ex. 12].
⁹ He ·did [^Lsent] many signs and ·miracles [wonders] in Egypt
    against ·the king [^LPharaoh] and all his servants [^Lthe plagues; Ex. 7–12].
¹⁰ He ·defeated [^Lstruck] many nations
    and killed ·powerful [strong] kings:
¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites,
    Og king of Bashan [Num. 21:21–35],
    and all the kings of Canaan [Num. 21:1–3; Josh. 1–12].
¹² Then he gave their land as a ·gift [^Linheritance],
    a ·gift [^Linheritance] to his people, the Israelites [Josh. 13–24].

¹³ Lord, your name is everlasting;
    Lord, you will be remembered forever.
¹⁴ The Lord ·defends [vindicates] his people
    and ·has mercy on [shows grace to] his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of other nations are made of silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they cannot speak.
    They have eyes, but they cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but they cannot hear.
    They have no breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ People who make idols will be like them,
    and so will those who ·trust [have confidence in] them [115:4–8; Is. 44:9–20; 46:6–7; Jer. 10:1–9; Hab. 2:18–19].

¹⁹ ·Family [^LHouse] of Israel, ·praise [bless] the Lord.
    ·Family [^LHouse] of Aaron [^Cthe priests], ·praise [bless] the Lord.
²⁰ ·Family [^LHouse] of Levi [^Cassistants to the priests], ·praise [bless] the Lord.
    You who ·respect [fear] the Lord [Prov. 1:7] should ·praise [bless] him.
²¹ You ·people of [^Lwho live in] Jerusalem, ·praise [bless] the Lord on Mount Zion [^Cthe location of the Temple].
    Praise the Lord!