1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.
<A Song of the going up.> Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.
Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord. Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day. Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples. For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods.
And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord. And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright. Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.
Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints. Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King. Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.
Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.
Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people.
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Commentary on Psalms 135 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 135
This is one of the Hallelujah-psalms; that is the title of it, and that is the Amen of it, both its Alpha and its Omega.
In singing this psalm our hearts must be filled, as well as our mouths, with the high praises of God.
Psa 135:1-4
Here is,
Psa 135:5-14
The psalmist had suggested to us the goodness of God, as the proper matter of our cheerful praises; here he suggests to us the greatness of God as the proper matter of our awful praises; and on this he is most copious, because this we are less forward to consider.
Psa 135:15-21
The design of these verses is,