1Praise YAH!1
Praise the Name of YAHWEH!2
Praise him, you servants of YAHWEH,
2You who stand in the house of YAHWEH,
In the courts of our God’s house.
3Praise YAH, for YAHWEH is good.
Sing praises to his Name, for that is pleasant.
4For YAH has chosen Yaqub for himself;
Israel for his own possession.
5For I know that YAHWEH is great,
That our Lord is above all gods.
6Whatever YAHWEH pleased, that he has done,
In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
7Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightnings with the rain;
Who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;
8Who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
Both of man and beast;
9Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt,
On Firaun, and on all his servants;
10Who struck many nations,
And killed mighty kings,
11Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan,
12And gave their land for an inheritance,
An inheritance to Israel, his people.
13Your Name, YAHWEH, endures forever;
Your renown, YAHWEH, throughout all generations.
14For YAHWEH will judge his people,3
And have compassion on his servants.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
16They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
17They have ears, but they cannot hear;
Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18Those who make them will be like them;
Yes, everyone who trusts in them.
19House of Israel, praise YAHWEH!
House of Harun, praise YAHWEH!
20House of Levi, praise YAHWEH!
You who fear YAHWEH, praise YAHWEH!
21Praise be to YAHWEH from Al-Quds,4
Who dwells at Jerusalem.
Praise YAH!5
- 135:1 Praise YAH! – literally, Hallelu-YAH. YAH is a short form of God’s revealed name, YAHWEH. ↩︎
- 135:1 YAHWEH, the name God revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.” ↩︎
- 135:14 Quoted in the Injil, Hebrews 10:30, which says: For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine,” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The LORD will judge his people.” ↩︎
- 135:21 Al-Quds, meaning “the Holy (City).” The Hebrew text reads Zion, a synonym for Jerusalem. It originally referred to Mount Zion, one of the hills of Jerusalem. ↩︎
- 135:21 Praise YAH! – literally, Hallelu-YAH. YAH is a short form of God’s revealed name, YAHWEH. ↩︎