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Psalm 135 Berean Standard Bible
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,
2 who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
2 you who stand in Yahweh’s house, in the courts of our God’s house.
3 Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
3 Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.
4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.
5 For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
5 For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
6 Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.
7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings with the rain. He brings the wind out of his treasuries.
8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
8 He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.
9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
9 He sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.
10 He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
10 He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings—
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan—
12 He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
12 and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
13 Your name, Yahweh, endures forever; your renown, Yahweh, throughout all generations.
14 For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
14 For Yahweh will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
16 They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see.
17 they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
17 They have ears, but they can’t hear, neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
18 Those who make them will be like them, yes, everyone who trusts in them.
19 O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
19 House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20 O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
20 House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!
21 Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
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.
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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.
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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?
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For whatsoever the Lord pleased that did He in heaven and in earth, and no one resisted His will.
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… 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"!
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