[1] Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Servants of the Lord, praise him!
[2] Praise him, you people that are standing in the Lord’s temple, in the courtyard of the temple of our God.
[3] Praise the Lord, because he is good. Praise his name, because it is pleasant.
[4] The Lord chose Jacob. Israel belongs to God.
[5] I know the Lord is great! Our Master is greater than all the gods!
[6] The Lord does anything he wants, in heaven and earth, in the seas and deep oceans.
[7] God makes the clouds all over the earth. God makes the lightning and rain. And God makes the wind.
[8] God destroyed all the firstborn men and all the firstborn animals in Egypt.
[9] God did many wonders and miracles in Egypt. God made those things happen to Pharaoh and his officials.
[10] God defeated many nations. God killed powerful kings.
[11] God defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites. God defeated Og, king of Bashan. God defeated all the nations in Canaan.
[12] And God gave their land to Israel. God gave that land to his people.
[13] Lord, your name will be famous forever! Lord, people will remember you forever and ever.
[14] The Lord punished the nations. But the Lord was kind to his servants.
[15] The gods of the other people were only gold and silver statues. Their gods were only statues that people made.
[16] The statues had mouths, but couldn’t speak. The statues had eyes, but couldn’t see.
[17] The statues had ears, but couldn’t hear. The statues had noses, but couldn’t smell.
[18] And the people who made the statues will become just like them! Why? Because they trusted those statues to help them.
[19] Family of Israel, bless the Lord! Aaron’s family, bless the Lord!
[20] Levi’s family, bless the Lord! Followers of the Lord, bless the Lord!
[21] The Lord is blessed from Zion, from Jerusalem, his home. Praise the Lord!