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O Yahweh, Your Name Is Everlasting

135 [a](A)Praise Yah!
Praise the name of Yahweh;
Praise Him, O (B)slaves of Yahweh,
You who stand in the house of Yahweh,
In the (C)courts of the house of our God!
[b]Praise Yah, for (D)Yahweh is good;
(E)Sing praises to His name, (F)for it is lovely.
For Yah has (G)chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His [c](H)treasured possession.

For I know that (I)Yahweh is great
And that our Lord is greater (J)than all gods.
(K)Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does,
In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deeps.
The One who (L)causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
Who (M)makes lightnings for the rain,
Who (N)brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

[d]He (O)struck the firstborn of Egypt,
From man to beast.
[e]He sent (P)signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
Amongst (Q)Pharaoh and all his slaves.
10 [f](R)He (S)struck many nations
And slew mighty kings,
11 (T)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
And (U)Og, king of Bashan,
And (V)all the kingdoms of Canaan;
12 And He (W)gave their land as an inheritance,
An inheritance to Israel His people.
13 O Yahweh, Your (X)name is everlasting,
O Yahweh, Your [g]remembrance is [h]from generation to generation.
14 For Yahweh will (Y)render justice for His people
And (Z)will give comfort to His slaves.
15 The (AA)idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
They have eyes, but they do not see;
17 They have ears, but they do not hear,
Surely, there is not any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
All who trust in them.

19 O house of (AB)Israel, bless Yahweh;
O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh;
20 O house of Levi, bless Yahweh;
You (AC)who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.
21 Blessed be Yahweh (AD)from Zion,
Who (AE)dwells in Jerusalem.
[i]Praise Yah!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 135:1 Or Hallelujah!
  2. Psalm 135:3 Or Hallelujah!
  3. Psalm 135:4 Or special treasure
  4. Psalm 135:8 Lit The One who
  5. Psalm 135:9 Lit The One who
  6. Psalm 135:10 Lit The One who
  7. Psalm 135:13 Or memorial
  8. Psalm 135:13 Lit to
  9. Psalm 135:21 Or Hallelujah!

135 Praise Hashem. Halelu Shem Hashem; Halelu, O ye avadim of Hashem.

Ye that stand ministering in the Beis Hashem, in the khatzerot Beis Eloheinu.

Praise Hashem; for Hashem is tov; sing praise unto Shmo; for it is na’im (lovely, pleasing).

For Hashem hath chosen Ya’akov unto Himself, and Yisroel for His segullah (peculiar treasure).

For I know that Hashem is gadol, and that Adoneinu is above kol elohim.

Whatsoever Hashem pleases, that He does in Shomayim, and in HaAretz, in HaYam, and kol tehomot.

He causeth the clouds to ascend at the end of HaAretz; He maketh lightning for the matar (rain); He bringeth the ruach out of His otzarot.

Who struck down the Bechorei Mitzrayim, both of adam and behemah.

Who sent otot and mofetim into the midst of thee, O Mitzrayim, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his avadim.

10 Who struck down Goyim rabbim, and slaughtered melachim atzumim (powerful kings);

11 Sichon Melech HaEmori, and Og Melech HaBashan, and all the mamlechot Kena’an;

12 And gave their land for a nachalah, an inheritance unto Yisroel Amo (His people).

13 Thy Shem, Hashem, endureth l’olam; and Thy remembrance, Hashem, l’dor vador.

14 For Hashem will vindicate His people; He will have compassion on His avadim.

15 The idols of the Goyim are kesef and zahav, the ma’aseh yedei adam.

16 They have mouths, but they speak not; einayim have they, but they see not;

17 They have oznayim, but they hear not; neither is there any ruach in their mouths.

18 They that oseihem (make them) will be like them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

19 Barakhu Hashem, O Bais Yisroel; barakhu Hashem, O Bais Aharon;

20 Barakhu Hashem, O Bais HaLevi; ye that fear Hashem, barakhu Hashem.

21 Baruch Hashem out of Tziyon, which dwelleth at Yerushalayim. Praise Hashem.