Praise the name of the Lord;
    praise him, you servants^(B) of the Lord,
² you who minister in the house^(C) of the Lord,
    in the courts^(D) of the house of our God.

³ Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;^(E)
    sing praise to his name,^(F) for that is pleasant.^(G)
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob^(H) to be his own,
    Israel to be his treasured possession.^(I)

¹³ Your name, Lord, endures forever,^(A)
    your renown,^(B) Lord, through all generations.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people^(C)
    and have compassion on his servants.^(D)

¹⁵ The idols of the nations^(E) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.^(F)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(G)
    eyes, but cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath^(H) in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.