Psalm 135

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ For I know that the Lord is great,
    and that our Lord is above all gods.
⁶ Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
⁷ He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

⁸ He it was who smote the first-born of Egypt,
    both of man and of beast;
⁹ who in thy midst, O Egypt,
    sent signs and wonders
    against Pharaoh and all his servants;
¹⁰ who smote many nations
    and slew mighty kings,
¹¹ Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and Og, king of Bashan,
    and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
¹² and gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³ Thy name, O Lord, endures for ever,
    thy renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people,
    and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of men’s hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they speak not,
    they have eyes, but they see not,
¹⁷ they have ears, but they hear not,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Like them be those who make them!—
    yea, every one who trusts in them!

¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰ O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You that fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹ Blessed be the Lord from Zion,
    he who dwells in Jerusalem!
Praise the Lord!