Psalm 135: Laudate nomen

Hallelujah!

Praise the Name of the LORD; *

give praise, you servants of the LORD.

You who stand in the house of the LORD, *

in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; *

sing praises to his Name, for it is lovely.

For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself *

and Israel for his own possession.

For I know that the LORD is great, *

and that our Lord is above all gods.

The LORD does whatever pleases him, in heaven and on earth, *

in the seas and all the deeps.

He brings up rain clouds from the ends of the earth; *

he sends out lightning with the rain,

and brings the winds out of his storehouse.

It was he who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, *

the firstborn both of man and beast.

He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, *

against Pharaoh and all his servants.

He overthrew many nations *

and put mighty kings to death:

Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og, the king of Bashan, *

and all the kingdoms of Canaan.

He gave their land to be an inheritance, *

an inheritance for Israel his people.

O LORD, your Name is everlasting; *

your renown, O LORD, endures from age to age.

For the LORD gives his people justice *

and shows compassion to his servants.

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, *

the work of human hands.

They have mouths, but they cannot speak; *

eyes have they, but they cannot see.

They have ears, but they cannot hear; *

neither is there any breath in their mouth.

Those who make them are like them, *

and so are all who put their trust in them.

Bless the LORD, O house of Israel; *

O house of Aaron, bless the LORD.

Bless the LORD, O house of Levi; *

you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, *

who dwells in Jerusalem.

Hallelujah!