[1] Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! All you who serve the LORD, praise God! [2] All you who stand in the LORD’s house—who stand in the courtyards of our God’s temple— [3] praise the LORD, because the LORD is good! Sing praises to God’s name because it is beautiful! [4] Because the LORD chose Jacob as his own, God chose Israel as his treasured possession. [5] Yes, I know for certain that the LORD is great—I know our Lord is greater than all other gods. [6] The LORD can do whatever he wants in heaven or on earth, in the seas and in every ocean depth. [7] God forms clouds at the far corners of the earth. God makes lightning for the rain. God releases the wind from its storeroom. [8] God struck down the Egyptians’ oldest offspring—both human and animal! [9] God sent signs and wonders into the very center of Egypt—against Pharaoh and all his servants. [10] God struck down many nations and killed mighty kings: [11] Sihon the Amorite king, Og the king of Bashan, and all the Canaanite kings. [12] Then God handed their land over as an inheritance—as an inheritance to Israel, his own people. [13] LORD, your name is forever! LORD, your fame extends from one generation to the next! [14] The LORD gives justice to his people and has compassion on those who serve him. [15] The nations’ idols are just silver and gold—things made by human hands. [16] They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see. [17] They have ears, but they can’t listen. No, there’s no breath in their lungs! [18] Let the people who made these idols and all who trust in them become just like them! [19] House of Israel, bless the LORD! House of Aaron, bless the LORD! [20] House of Levi, bless the LORD! You who honor the LORD, bless the LORD! [21] Bless the LORD from Zion—bless the one who lives in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!
