Psalms 134-136

Psalm 134

¹A Song of Ascents. Look! Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD’s house!

²Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise the LORD!

³May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 135

¹Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! Praise him, you servants of the LORD,

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

³Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.

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

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

⁶Whatever the LORD 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, LORD, endures forever; your renown, LORD, throughout all generations.

¹⁴For the LORD 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 the LORD! House of Aaron, praise the LORD!

²⁰House of Levi, praise the LORD! You who fear the LORD, praise the LORD!

²¹Blessed be the LORD from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 136

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

²Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness endures forever.

³Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loving kindness endures forever;

⁴to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever;

⁵to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his loving kindness endures forever;

⁶to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his loving kindness endures forever;

⁷to him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever;

⁸the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness endures forever;

⁹the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁰to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹¹and brought out Israel from among them, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹²with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹³to him who divided the Red Sea apart, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁴and made Israel to pass through the middle of it, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁵but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁶to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁷to him who struck great kings, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁸and killed mighty kings, for his loving kindness endures forever;

¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness endures forever;

²⁰Og king of Bashan, for his loving kindness endures forever;

²¹and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever;

²²even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness endures forever;

²³who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness endures forever;

²⁴and has delivered us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness endures forever;

²⁵who gives food to every creature, for his loving kindness endures forever.

²⁶Oh give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness endures forever.