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    Psalms 135

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    The idols have mouths, eyes, and ears, but not one of these splendid appointments works; then comes the deliciously severe suggestion that their makers and devotees may grow equally uncommunicative.

    The LORD above all godsvv. 1–14

    The psalm opens in the house of the LORD, with servants standing in its courts and praise rising for a name called lovely. The reason given is not slight: the LORD chose Jacob and Israel, commands heaven, earth, sea, cloud, lightning, rain, and wind, and then turns to history. Egypt received signs against Pharaoh; firstborn were struck, mighty kings fell, and their lands became an inheritance for Israel. The name endures through generations, while the LORD vindicates his people and has compassion on his servants.

    The idols with all the fittings and none of the functionvv. 15–18

    The nations' idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. They possess the full outward equipment of a person—mouths, eyes, ears, even breath's proper doorway—but speech, sight, hearing, and breath are absent. The makers and those who trust them are said to become like them: a remarkably economical fate, and one with very little conversation in it.

    Blessing from Zionvv. 19–21

    The closing movement gathers the houses of Israel, Aaron, and Levi, along with those who fear the LORD, and gives each the same small, sturdy assignment: bless the LORD. The final word comes from Zion, where the LORD dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah, once more.

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    1. Ps 135:1Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,

    2. Ps 135:2who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

    3. Ps 135:3Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

    4. Ps 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

    5. Ps 135:5For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.

    6. Ps 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

    7. Ps 135:7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

    8. Ps 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.

    9. Ps 135:9He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

    10. Ps 135:10He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

    11. Ps 135:11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

    12. Ps 135:12He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.

    13. Ps 135:13Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.

    14. Ps 135:14For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

    15. Ps 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

    16. Ps 135:16They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

    17. Ps 135:17they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

    18. Ps 135:18Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

    19. Ps 135:19O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;

    20. Ps 135:20O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

    21. Ps 135:21Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

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    • 6Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
    • 6Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
    • 6Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
    • 14Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
    • 1Psalms 96:1–4Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
    • 41 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
    • 3Psalms 147:1Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
    • 6Matthew 8:26–27“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
    • 6Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
    • 6Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
    • 15Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
    • 1Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
    • 4Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
    • 6Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
    • 1Psalms 33:1–2Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
    • 1Psalms 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

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