Give Praise, O Servants of the LORD (Psalm 115:1–18)
1 UDB Praise Yahweh! You who worship Yahweh, praise him! BSB BSB: Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
2 UDB You who stand at the temple of Yahweh our God in its courtyards, ready to serve him, praise him! BSB BSB: who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 UDB Praise Yahweh because he does good things for us; sing to him because it is a joyful thing to do so. BSB BSB: Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
4 UDB He has chosen us, the descendants of Jacob; he has chosen us Israelites to belong to him. BSB BSB: For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
5 UDB I say these things because I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods. BSB BSB: For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
6 UDB Yahweh does whatever he desires to do in heaven, on the earth, and in the seas, down to the bottom of the seas. BSB BSB: The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
7 UDB He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he makes lightning bolts to flash with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them. BSB BSB: He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
8 UDB He is the one who killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals. BSB BSB: He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
9 UDB There he performed many kinds of miracles to punish the king and all his officials. BSB BSB: He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 UDB He attacked many nations and killed the powerful kings who ruled them: BSB BSB: He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
11 UDB Sihon the king of the Amor people, Og the king of Bashan, and all the other kings in the land of Canaan. BSB BSB: Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
12 UDB Yahweh gave us their land, so that it would belong to us, his people Israel, forever. BSB BSB: He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
13 UDB Yahweh, your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things that you have done. BSB BSB: Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
14 UDB Yahweh declares that we, his people, are innocent, and he acts mercifully toward us. BSB BSB: For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
15 UDB But the idols that the other peoples worship are only statues made of silver and gold, things that humans have made. BSB BSB: The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
16 UDB Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say anything; they have eyes, but they cannot see anything. BSB BSB: They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
17 UDB They have ears, but they cannot hear anything, and they are not even able to breathe. BSB BSB: they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 UDB The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, and those who trust in those idols can accomplish no more than their idols can! BSB BSB: Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
19 UDB My fellow Israelites, praise Yahweh! You priests who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh! BSB BSB: O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
20 UDB You men who are descended from Levi, you who assist the priests, praise Yahweh! All you who have an awesome respect for Yahweh, praise him! BSB BSB: O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
21 UDB Praise Yahweh in the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem where he lives! Praise Yahweh! BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
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