Psalms 135

A Hymn of Sovereign Praise

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Overview

Psalm 135 calls Israel's priests, Levites, and all who fear the Lord to praise Yahweh — the sovereign Creator who freely chose his people as a treasured possession, worked signs and wonders in the Exodus and Conquest, governs creation, condemns idol worship as spiritually deforming, and bears an eternal name as the vindicator of his covenant people — sealing the hymn with a doxology anchored in Zion.

Passages

1–4Called, Chosen, and Summoned to Praise 5–7Yahweh's Incomparable Greatness as Creator and Lord 8–12Yahweh's Mighty Acts in the Exodus and the Conquest 13–14Yahweh's Eternal Name and His Vindication of His People 15–18The Vanity of Idols and the Ruin of Their Worshippers 19–21Blessed from Zion: All Israel Rises in Praise

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Psalms 135

¹Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,

²you who stand in Yahweh’s house, in the courts of our God’s house.

³Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.

⁴For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.

⁵For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.

⁶Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

⁷He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.

⁸He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.

⁹He sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.

¹⁰He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings—

¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan—

¹²and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.

¹³Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations.

¹⁴For Yahweh will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see.

¹⁷They have ears, but they can’t hear, neither is there any breath in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them will be like them, yes, everyone who trusts in them.

¹⁹House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!

²⁰House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!

²¹Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

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