Please read the text: Psalm 135:1-21 (ESV)

PRAISE THE LORD!

This psalm of descriptive praise extols God for His greatness and for blessing His people. Like Psalms 134, it calls on the priests to praise the Lord. There is a call to the worshippers to gather in the temple to praise God because he has chosen the nation Israel to be his people (v.1-4).

Praise the LORD!

Praise the name of the LORD,

give praise, O servants of the LORD,

2 who stand 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 to his name, for it is pleasant!

4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel as his own possession.

God’s choice of Israel is particularly significant, because anything God does is deliberate. It is as sure and certain as his acts in the creation and control of nature (v.5-7).

5 For I know that the LORD is great,

and that our Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatever the LORD pleases, he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

7 He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,

who makes lightnings for the rain

He demonstrated his special care for the people of Israel by rescuing them from Egypt, conquering their foes and giving them Canaan for their homeland (v.8-14).

8 He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

both of man and of beast;

9 who in your midst, O Egypt,

sent signs and wonders

against Pharaoh and all his servants;

10 who struck down many nations

and killed mighty kings,

11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,

and Og, king of Bashan,

and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

12 and gave their land as a heritage,

a heritage to his people Israel.

13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever,

your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.

14 For the LORD will vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants.

By contrast the so-called gods of other nations are merely useless and lifeless pieces of stone or metal (v.15-18).

15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

16 They have mouths, but do not speak;

they have eyes, but do not see;

17 they have ears, but do not hear,

nor is there any breath in their mouths.

18 Those who make them become like them,

so do all who trust in them.

All Israelites should therefore offer thankful worship to their covenant God (v.19-21).

19 O house of Israel, bless the LORD!

O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!

20 O house of Levi, bless the LORD!

You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

21 Blessed be the LORD from Zion,

he who dwells in Jerusalem!

Praise the LORD!

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