Psalm 133-135

Common English Bible

Psalm 133

A pilgrimage song. Of David.

133 Look at how good and pleasing it is
    when families^[a] live together as one!
²It is like expensive oil poured over the head,
    running down onto the beard—
        Aaron’s beard!—
    which extended over the collar of his robes.
³It is like the dew on Mount Hermon
    streaming down onto the mountains of Zion,
    because it is there that the Lord has commanded the blessing:
        everlasting life.

Psalm 134

A pilgrimage song.

134 All you who serve the Lord: bless the Lord right now!
    All you who minister in the Lord’s house at night: bless God!
²Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
    and bless the Lord!
³May the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth,
    bless you from Zion.

Psalm 135

135 Praise the Lord!
    Praise the Lord’s name!
    All you who serve the Lord, praise God!
²All you who stand in the Lord’s house—
        who stand in the courtyards of our God’s temple—
³    praise the Lord, because the Lord is good!
        Sing praises to God’s name because it is beautiful!
⁴Because the Lord chose Jacob as his own,
    God chose Israel as his treasured possession.

⁵Yes, I know for certain that the Lord is great—
    I know our Lord is greater than all other gods.
⁶The Lord can do whatever he wants
    in heaven or on earth,
    in the seas and in every ocean depth.
⁷God forms clouds at the far corners of the earth.
    God makes lightning for the rain.
    God releases the wind from its storeroom.
⁸    God struck down the Egyptians’ oldest offspring—
        both human and animal!
⁹God sent signs and wonders into the very center of Egypt—
    against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰God struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings:
¹¹Sihon the Amorite king,
    Og the king of Bashan,
    and all the Canaanite kings.
¹²Then God handed their land over as an inheritance—
    as an inheritance to Israel, his own people.

¹³Lord, your name is forever!
Lord, your fame extends from one generation to the next!
¹⁴The Lord gives justice to his people
and has compassion on those who serve him.

¹⁵The nations’ idols are just silver and gold—
    things made by human hands.
¹⁶They have mouths, but they can’t speak.
    They have eyes, but they can’t see.
¹⁷They have ears, but they can’t listen.
    No, there’s no breath in their lungs!
¹⁸Let the people who made these idols
    and all who trust in them
    become just like them!

¹⁹House of Israel, bless the Lord!
    House of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰    House of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who honor the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹Bless the Lord from Zion—
    bless the one who lives in Jerusalem!