Psalm 134-137

Lexham English Bible

134 Look, bless Yahweh, all you the servants of Yahweh,
who serve^[b] in the house^[c] of Yahweh by night.
² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary
and bless Yahweh.
³ May Yahweh bless you from Zion,
he who made heaven and earth.

135 Praise Yah!^[d] Praise the name of Yahweh.
Praise him, O servants of Yahweh,
² who stand in the house^[e] of Yahweh,
in the courts of the house^[f] of our God.
³ Praise Yah,^[g] for Yahweh is good.
Sing praises concerning his name, for it is pleasant.
⁴ For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his special possession.
⁵ For I know that Yahweh is great,
and our Lord is greater than all gods.
⁶ All that Yahweh desires, he does,
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.
⁷ He causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth;
he makes lightnings for the rain;
he brings out the wind from his storehouses.
⁸ Who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
both of humans^[h] and animals.^[i]
9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰ Who struck many nations
and killed mighty kings—
¹¹ Sihon the king of the Amorites,
and Og the king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan—
¹² and he gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance for his people Israel.
¹³ O Yahweh, your name endures forever,
your renown^[j] throughout all generations,^[k]
14 for Yahweh will plead the cause of his people
and will have compassion on his servants.
¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
the work of the hands of humankind.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak;
they have eyes, but cannot see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but cannot hear;
there is not even breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them become like them,
as does everyone who trusts in them.
¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless Yahweh.
O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh.
²⁰ O house of Levi, bless Yahweh.
You who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh.
²¹ Blessed be Yahweh from Zion,
who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!^[l]

136 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loyal love endures forever.
² Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his loyal love endures forever.
³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
for his loyal love endures forever.
⁴ To him who alone does great wonders,
for his loyal love endures forever.
⁵ To him who made the heavens with skill,^[m]
for his loyal love endures forever.
⁶ To him who spread out the earth above the waters,
for his loyal love endures forever.
⁷ To him who made the great lights,
for his loyal love endures forever.
⁸ The sun to rule the day,
for his loyal love endures forever.
⁹ The moon and stars to rule the night,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁰ To him who struck Egypt through their firstborn,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹¹ And he brought Israel out from among them,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹² With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹³ To him who divided the Red Sea^[n] in two,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁴ And he let Israel cross over through the midst of it,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁵ But he tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,^[o]
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁶ To him who led his people through the wilderness,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁷ To him who struck great kings,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁸ And he killed mighty kings,
for his loyal love endures forever.
¹⁹ Sihon the king of the Amorites,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²⁰ And Og the king of Bashan,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²¹ And he gave their land as an inheritance,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²² An inheritance to Israel his servant,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²³ Who remembered us in our low estate,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²⁴ And he rescued us from our enemies,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²⁵ The one who gives food to all flesh,
for his loyal love endures forever.
²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven,
for his loyal love endures forever.

137 By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat, yes, we wept,
when we remembered Zion.
² On the willows^[p] in her midst,
we hung up our lyres.
³ For there our captors asked of us
words of a song,
and our tormentors^[q] asked of us jubilation,
“Sing for us from a song of Zion.”
⁴ How could we sing the song of Yahweh
in a foreign land?^[r]
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget.^[s]
6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if do not I exalt Jerusalem
above my highest joy.
⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom
the day of Jerusalem,
the ones who said, “Lay it bare! Lay it bare
to its foundation!”
⁸ O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated,
happy shall be he who pays back to you
what you paid out to us.^[t]
9 Happy shall be he who seizes
and smashes your children
against the rock.