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| | Psa 135:1 | Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD,
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| | Psa 135:2 | you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
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| | Psa 135:3 | Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
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| | Psa 135:4 | For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
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| | Psa 135:5 | I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.
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| | Psa 135:6 | The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.
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| | Psa 135:7 | He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
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| | Psa 135:8 | He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals.
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| | Psa 135:9 | He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
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| | Psa 135:10 | He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings--
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| | Psa 135:11 | Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan--
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| | Psa 135:12 | and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
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| | Psa 135:13 | Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
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| | Psa 135:14 | For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
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| | Psa 135:15 | The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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| | Psa 135:16 | They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;
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| | Psa 135:17 | they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.
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| | Psa 135:18 | Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
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| | Psa 135:19 | O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
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| | Psa 135:20 | O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD.
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| | Psa 135:21 | Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
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