Psalms 135

1 Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!

Hallelujah. Praise the name of the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants,

2 You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!

who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

3 Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].

Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good: Sing praise to his name it is pleasant.

4 He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].

The Lord for himself chose Jacob, Israel as his own special treasure.

5 I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.

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

6 Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.

All that he wills he does in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all the abysses.

7 He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.

Clouds he brings up from the ends of the earth, lightnings he makes for the rain, wind he brings out of his storehouses.

8 He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.

The firstborn of Egypt he struck, both humans and animals.

9 There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.

Signs and wonders he sent into your midst, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.

10 He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:

Many nations he struck, mighty kings he slew

11 Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].

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

12 Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].

He gave their land for possession, possession to Israel his people.

13 Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].

Your name, O Lord, is forever; your memorial world without end.

14 Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.

For the Lord secures right for his people, and takes pity upon his servants.

15 But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.

The idols of heathen are silver made by human hands.

16 Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].

They have mouths, but cannot speak: they have eyes, but cannot see.

17 They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.

They have ears, but cannot hear: there is no breath in their mouths.

18 The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!

Their makers become like them, so do all who trust in them.

19 [My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!

House of Israel, praise the Lord: house of Araon, praise the Lord.

20 You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!

House of Levi, praise the Lord: you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord.

21 Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!

Blest be the Lord out of Zion, who lives in Jerusalem. Hallelujah.