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135:1 Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; give praise, O servants of the LORD, 135:2 you that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. 135:3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious. 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession. 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods. 135:6 Whatever the LORD pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps. 135:7 He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. 135:8 He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both human beings and animals; 135:9 he sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. 135:10 He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings-- 135:11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan-- 135:12 and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel. 135:13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages. 135:14 For the LORD will vindicate his people, and have compassion on his servants. 135:15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 135:16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; 135:17 they have ears, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths. 135:18 Those who make them and all who trust them shall become like them. 135:19 O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD! 135:20 O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You that fear the LORD, bless the LORD! 135:21 Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who resides in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!