Ps-135
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v1
Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD,
v2
who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!
v3
Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
v4
For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.
v5
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
v6
Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
v7
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.
v8
He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
v9
who in your midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;
v10
who struck down many nations and killed mighty kings,
v11
Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
v12
and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.
v13
Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.
v14
For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
v15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
v16
They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;
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they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
v18
Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.
v19
O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!
v20
O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
v21
Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!