1 Alleluia. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, [ye his] servants, 2 who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for [it is] good. 4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods; 6 all that the Lord willed, he did in heaven, and on the earth, in the sea, and in all deeps. 7 Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures. 8 Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast. 9 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, on Pharao, and on all his servants. 10 Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings; 11 Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan: 12 and gave their land [for] an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people. 13 O Lord, thy name [endures] for ever, and thy memorial to all generations. 14 For the Lord shall judge his people, and comfort himself concerning his servants. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men's hands. 16 They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see; 17 they have ears, but they cannot hear; for there is no breath in their mouth. 18 Let those who make them be made like to them; and all those who trust in them. 19 O house of Israel, bless ye the Lord: O house of Aaron, bless ye the Lord: 20 O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. 21 Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 134 (135) Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 Psalm 96:1–4; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 33:1–2; Psalm 111:1; Psalm 149:1–3
- 2 Psalm 116:19; Psalm 92:13; Luke 2:37; Psalm 96:8; 1 Chronicles 16:37–42
- 3 Psalm 147:1; Psalm 119:68; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 33:1; Psalm 145:7–8
- 4 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 7:6–7; Malachi 3:17; Zechariah 2:10–12
- 5 Psalm 95:3; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 48:1; Psalm 97:9; Daniel 6:26–27
- 6 Psalm 115:3; Daniel 4:35; Matthew 28:18; Matthew 8:26–27; Psalm 33:9
- 7 Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16; Job 28:25–26; Zechariah 10:1; John 3:8
- 8 Psalm 78:51; Exodus 12:12; Psalm 105:36; Exodus 13:15; Psalm 136:10
- 9 Psalm 136:15; Deuteronomy 6:22; Nehemiah 9:10; Isaiah 51:9–10; Deuteronomy 4:34
- 10 Psalm 136:17–22; Psalm 44:2–3; Numbers 21:24
- 11 Joshua 12:7–24; Nehemiah 9:22; Deuteronomy 29:7; Deuteronomy 2:30–3:11; Numbers 21:21–35
- 12 Psalm 78:55; Psalm 136:21–22; Psalm 44:1–3; Numbers 33:54; Joshua 12:7
- 13 Psalm 102:12; Exodus 3:15; Psalm 72:17; Psalm 8:9; Psalm 8:1
- 14 Deuteronomy 32:36; Jonah 4:2; Psalm 50:4; Psalm 7:8; Amos 7:6
- 15 Psalm 115:4–8; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Jeremiah 10:3–11; Isaiah 37:19; Acts 17:29
- 16 Matthew 13:14–16; Isaiah 6:10
- 18 Psalm 115:8; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Jeremiah 10:8; Isaiah 44:18–20; Psalm 97:7
- 19 Psalm 115:9–11; Psalm 145:10; Psalm 118:1–4; Psalm 148:14; Psalm 147:19–20
- 21 Psalm 134:3; Psalm 132:13–14; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Isaiah 12:6; Psalm 76:2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 135.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
(ver. 1), "who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God" (ver. 2). Why has he added, "in the courts"? Courts mean the wider spaces of a house. He who stands in the courts is not straitened, is not confined, in some fashion is enlarged.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Lo, the whole world crieth out in the Church of God, "I know that the Lord is great." Yet doubtless there are but few who are saved.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
For so many measures of waters lie upon the clouds, yet they are not rent: but come down with all good order upon the earth. Who bringeth the winds out of their treasuries?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For whatsoever the Lord pleased that did He in heaven and in earth, and no one resisted His will.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… with how great assurance will the purified mass, standing at the Right Hand, fearing now for itself the admixture of no evil men, nor the loss of any of the good, now about to reign with Christ, say, "I know that the Lord is great"!
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)