Psalms 135:1-11

1 ¹Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O ²servants of the LORD,

2 who ³stand in the house of the LORD, in ⁴the courts of the house of our God!

3 Praise the LORD, for ⁵the LORD is good; sing to his name, ⁶for it is pleasant!^[a]

4 For the LORD has ⁷chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his ⁸own possession.

5 For I know that ⁹the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

6 ¹⁰Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

7 ¹¹He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who ¹²makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his ¹³storehouses.

8 He it was who ¹⁴struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;

9 who in your midst, O Egypt, sent ¹⁵signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;

10 ¹⁶who struck down many nations and killed mighty kings,

11 ¹⁷Sihon, king of the Amorites, and ¹⁸Og, king of Bashan, and ¹⁹all the kingdoms of Canaan,

Psalms 135:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 135

This psalm was written very probably by the same hand as the former. It begins in much the same manner; it has some likeness with Psalm 113 and 114. It begins and ends with "hallelujah"; and is throughout an exhortation of praise to God, on account of his name, nature, and perfections; and because of his works of creation, providence, and grace, many of which are enumerated. The Syriac interpreter says, there is an intimation in it of the conversion of the people of the Messiah unto the faith.

Cross References

• 1. See Psalms 104:35
• 2. See Psalms 113:1
• 3. [See Psalms 134:1 above]
• 4. Psalms 92:13
• 5. See Psalms 100:5
• 6. Psalms 147:1; [Psalms 52:9]
• 7. Deuteronomy 7:6, 7; Deuteronomy 10:15; See Psalms 105:6
• 8. Exodus 19:5
• 9. Psalms 95:3
• 10. Psalms 115:3
• 11. Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16
• 12. [Job 28:25, 26; Job 38:25; Zechariah 10:1]
• 13. Job 38:22
• 14. See Psalms 78:51
• 15. Deuteronomy 6:22
• 16. For ver. 10-12, see Psalms 136:17-22
• 17. Deuteronomy 29:7; See Numbers 21:21-26
• 18. See Numbers 21:33-35
• 19. See Joshua 12:7-24

Footnotes

• [a]. Or for he is beautiful