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href="../psalms/134.htm" title="Psalm 134">◄</a> Psalm 135 <a href="../psalms/136.htm" title="Psalm 136">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/135.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Your Name, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, Endures Forever</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Praise the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">give praise, O servants of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who stand in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">in the courts of the house of our God!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is good;</span><br /><span class="indent">sing to his name, for it is pleasant!<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or for he is beautiful">a</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has chosen Jacob for himself,</span><br /><span class="indent">Israel as his own possession.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is great,</span><br /><span class="indent">and that our Lord is above all gods.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whatever the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> pleases, he does,</span><br /><span class="indent">in heaven and on earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">in the seas and all deeps.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">who makes lightnings for the rain</span><br /><span class="indent">and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,</span><br /><span class="indent">both of man and of beast;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who in your midst, O Egypt,</span><br /><span class="indent">sent signs and wonders</span><br /><span class="indent">against Pharaoh and all his servants;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who struck down many nations</span><br /><span class="indent">and killed mighty kings,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Sihon, king of the Amorites,</span><br /><span class="indent">and Og, king of Bashan,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all the kingdoms of Canaan,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">and gave their land as a heritage,</span><br /><span class="indent">a heritage to his people Israel.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your name, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, endures forever,</span><br /><span class="indent">your renown,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or remembrance">b</a></sup></span> O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, throughout all ages.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will vindicate his people</span><br /><span class="indent">and have compassion on his servants.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The idols of the nations are silver and gold,</span><br /><span class="indent">the work of human hands.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They have mouths, but do not speak;</span><br /><span class="indent">they have eyes, but do not see;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">they have ears, but do not hear,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor is there any breath in their mouths.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Those who make them become like them,</span><br /><span class="indent">so do all who trust in them.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O house of Israel, bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">O house of Aaron, bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O house of Levi, bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">You who fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, bless the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/135-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> from Zion,</span><br /><span class="indent">he who dwells in Jerusalem!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">for</span> he is beautiful</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>remembrance</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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