⁽¹⁾ Oh, how good, how pleasant it is
for brothers to live together in harmony.

² It is like fragrant oil on the head
that runs down over the beard,
over the beard of Aharon,
and flows down on the collar of his robes.

³ It is like the dew of Hermon
that settles on the mountains of Tziyon.
For it was there that Adonai ordained
the blessing of everlasting life.

134 ⁽⁰⁾ A song of ascents:

⁽¹⁾ Come, bless Adonai, all you servants of Adonai,
who serve each night in the house of Adonai.
² Lift your hands toward the sanctuary,
and bless Adonai.
³ May Adonai, the maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Tziyon.

135 Halleluyah!

⁽¹⁾ Give praise to the name of Adonai!
Servants of Adonai, give praise!
² You who stand in the house of Adonai,
in the courtyards of the house of our God,
³ praise Yah, for Adonai is good;
sing to his name, because it is pleasant.

⁴ For Yah chose Ya‘akov for himself,
Isra’el as his own unique treasure.
⁵ I know that Adonai is great,
that our Lord is above all gods.
⁶ Adonai does whatever pleases him,
in heaven, on earth, in the seas, in all the depths.
⁷ He raises clouds from the ends of the earth,
he makes the lightning flash in the rain
and brings the wind out from his storehouses.

⁸ He struck down Egypt’s firstborn,
humans and animals alike.
⁹ He sent signs and wonders among you, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his subjects.
¹⁰ He struck many nations,
and slaughtered mighty kings —
¹¹ Sichon king of the Emori,
‘Og king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Kena‘an.
¹² Then he gave their land as a heritage,
to be possessed by Isra’el his people.

¹³ Adonai, your name continues forever,
your renown, Adonai, through all generations.
¹⁴ For Adonai will vindicate his people,
he will take pity on his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are mere silver and gold,
made by human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they can’t speak;
they have eyes, but they can’t see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but they can’t listen;
and they have no breath in their mouths;
¹⁸ The people who make them will become like them,
along with everyone who trusts in them.

¹⁹ House of Isra’el, bless Adonai!
House of Aharon, bless Adonai!
²⁰ House of Levi, bless Adonai!
You who fear Adonai, bless Adonai!
²¹ Blessed be Adonai out of Tziyon,
he who dwells in Yerushalayim!

Halleluyah!