¹ Praise the Lord.
Praise the name of the Lord;
praise him, you servants of the Lord,
² you who minister in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
³ Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
⁴ For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel to be his treasured possession.
⁵ I know that the Lord is great,
that our Lord is greater than all gods.
⁶ The Lord does whatever pleases him,
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths.
⁷ He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
⁸ He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstborn of people and animals.
⁹ He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰ He struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings—
¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan—
¹² and he gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to his people Israel.
¹³ Your name, Lord, endures forever,
your renown, Lord, through all generations.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
¹⁷ They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
¹⁹ All you Israelites, praise the Lord;
house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
²⁰ house of Levi, praise the Lord;
you who fear him, praise the Lord.
²¹ Praise be to the Lord from Zion,
to him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.