[1] Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Praise him, you who serve the Lord,
[2] you who serve in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
[3] Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate his lovely name with music.
[4] For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.
[5] I know the greatness of the Lord— that our Lord is greater than any other god.
[6] The Lord does whatever pleases him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths.
[7] He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
[8] He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home, both people and animals.
[9] He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his people.
[10] He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings—
[11] Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
[12] He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel.
[13] Your name, O Lord, endures forever; your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation.
[14] For the Lord will give justice to his people and have compassion on his servants.
[15] The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
[16] They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.
[17] They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe.
[18] And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
[19] O Israel, praise the Lord! O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the Lord!
[20] O Levites, praise the Lord! All you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord!
[21] The Lord be praised from Zion, for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!