• Praise the Lord’s Wonderful Works. Futility of Idols.

  • 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord; Praise Him, you servants of the Lord,
  • 2 You who stand in the house of the Lord, In the courtyards of the house of our God!
  • 3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
  • 4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His own possession.
  • 5 For I know that the Lord is great And that our Lord is above all gods.
  • 6 Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.
  • 7 He causes the mist to ascend from the ends of the earth, He makes lightning for the rain; He brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
  • 8 He struck the firstborn of Egypt, Both human firstborn and animal.
  • 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
  • 10 He struck many nations And brought death to mighty kings,
  • 11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan;
  • 12 And He gave their land as an inheritance, An inheritance to His people Israel.
  • 13 Your name, Lord, is everlasting, The mention of You, Lord, is throughout all generations.
  • 14 For the Lord will judge His people And will have compassion on His servants.
  • 15 The idols of the nations are nothing but silver and gold, The work of human hands.
  • 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;
  • 17 They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.
  • 18 Those who make them will become like them, Yes, everyone who trusts in them.
  • 19 House of Israel, bless the Lord; House of Aaron, bless the Lord;
  • 20 House of Levi, bless the Lord; You who revere the Lord, bless the Lord.
  • 21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!