1 - Praise 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.