1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Name of the Lord: ye seruants of the Lord, praise him. 2 Ye that stande in the House of the Lord, and in the courtes of the House of our God, 3 Praise ye the Lord: for the Lord is good: sing praises vnto his Name: for it is a comely thing. 4 For the Lord hath chosen Iaakob to himselfe, and Israel for his chiefe treasure. 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is aboue all gods. 6 Whatsoeuer pleased the Lord, that did hee in heauen and in earth, in the sea, and in all the depths. 7 He bringeth vp the cloudes from the ends of the earth, and maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures. 8 He smote the first borne of Egypt both of man and beast. 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the middes of thee, O Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his seruants. 10 He smote many nations, and slew mightie Kings: 11 As Sihon King of the Amorites, and Og King of Bashan, and all the kingdomes of Canaan: 12 And gaue their lande for an inheritance, euen an inheritance vnto Israel his people. 13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for euer: O Lord, thy remembrance is from generation to generation. 14 For the Lord will iudge his people, and be pacified towardes his seruants. 15 The idoles of the heathen are siluer and golde, euen the worke of mens handes. 16 They haue a mouth, and speake not: they haue eyes and see not. 17 They haue eares and heare not, neither is there any breath in their mouth. 18 They that make them, are like vnto them: so are all that trust in them. 19 Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel: praise the Lord, ye house of Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Leui: ye that feare the Lord, praise the Lord. 21 Praised bee the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth in Ierusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalm 135 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
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
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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).
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)