1 Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD, |
2 you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. |
3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. |
4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession. |
5 I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. |
6 The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. |
7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. |
8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals. |
9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. |
10 He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings-- |
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan-- |
12 and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel. |
13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, through all generations. |
14 For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. |
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. |
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; |
17 they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. |
18 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. |
19 O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD; |
20 O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD. |
21 Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. |