## Psalms Chapter 135

###### Psalms 135:1
[Psalms 135:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:1)

הַ֥לְלוּ־יָ֨הּ**׀** הַֽ֭לְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ עַבְדֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Haleluya! Praise the name of the Lord; praise him, O servants of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hallelukah! Praise the name of the L rd. Praise [Him], servants of the L rd.


###### Psalms 135:2
[Psalms 135:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:2)

שֶׁ֣֭עֹמְדִים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה בְּ֝חַצְר֗וֹת בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who stand in the house of the L rd, in the courts of the house of our G d.


###### Psalms 135:3
[Psalms 135:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:3)

הַֽלְלוּ־יָ֭הּ כִּֽי־ט֣וֹב יְהֹוָ֑ה זַמְּר֥וּ לִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹ כִּ֣י נָעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Haleluya! for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hallelukah! For good is the L rd. Sing to the L rd, for it is pleasant.


###### Psalms 135:4
[Psalms 135:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:4)

כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּחַ֣ר ל֣וֹ יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord has chosen Ya῾aqov to himself, Yisra᾽el for his peculiar possession.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Jacob did the L rd elect; Israel, as His chosen one.


###### Psalms 135:5
[Psalms 135:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:5)

כִּ֤י אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּֽי־גָד֣וֹל יְהֹוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מִכׇּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I know that great is the L rd, and our G d [greater] than all exalted ones.


###### Psalms 135:6
[Psalms 135:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:6)

כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־חָפֵ֥ץ יְהֹוָ֗ה עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם וּבָאָ֑רֶץ בַּ֝יַּמִּ֗ים וְכׇל־תְּהֹמֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whatever the Lord wishes, he has done in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All that the L rd wills, He does, in heaven and earth, in the seas and in all the depths.


###### Psalms 135:7
[Psalms 135:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:7)

מַעֲלֶ֣ה נְשִׂאִים֮ מִקְצֵ֢ה הָ֫אָ֥רֶץ בְּרָקִ֣ים לַמָּטָ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה מֽוֹצֵא־ר֝֗וּחַ מֵאֽוֹצְרוֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He causes vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings the wind out of the treasuries.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He raises clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain. He finds wind [readied by Him to be sent forth] from His stores.


###### Psalms 135:8
[Psalms 135:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:8)

שֶׁ֭הִכָּה בְּכוֹרֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם מֵ֝אָדָ֗ם עַד־בְּהֵמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It was he who smote the firstborn of Miżrayim, both of man and beast;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He smote the first-born of Egypt, from man until beast.


###### Psalms 135:9
[Psalms 135:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:9)

שָׁלַ֤ח**׀** אוֹתֹ֣ת וּ֭מֹפְתִים בְּתוֹכֵ֣כִי מִצְרָ֑יִם בְּ֝פַרְעֹ֗ה וּבְכׇל־עֲבָדָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Miżrayim, upon Par῾o, and upon all his servants;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sent signs and wonders into the midst of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all of his servants.


###### Psalms 135:10
[Psalms 135:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:10)

שֶׁ֭הִכָּה גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝הָרַ֗ג מְלָכִ֥ים עֲצוּמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He smote many nations and slew mighty kings.


###### Psalms 135:11
[Psalms 135:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:11)

לְסִיח֤וֹן**׀** מֶ֤לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֗י וּ֭לְעוֹג מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֑ן וּ֝לְכֹ֗ל מַמְלְכ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Siĥon king of the Emori, and ῾Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Kena῾an;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sichon, king of the Emori, and Og, king of the Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.


###### Psalms 135:12
[Psalms 135:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:12)

וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם נַחֲלָ֑ה נַ֝חֲלָ֗ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עַמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Yisra᾽el his people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel, His people.


###### Psalms 135:13
[Psalms 135:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:13)

יְ֭הֹוָה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְעוֹלָ֑ם יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה זִכְרְךָ֥ לְדֹר־וָדֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy name, O Lord, endures forever; and Thy renown, O Lord, throughout all generations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd is Your name forever. The L rd is Your remembrance throughout the generations. [(As Your greatness and rule of yore, so is it now. And it is in Your power to judge and to avenge us.)]


###### Psalms 135:14
[Psalms 135:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:14)

כִּֽי־יָדִ֣ין יְהֹוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְעַל־עֲ֝בָדָ֗יו יִתְנֶחָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord will judge the cause of his people, and he will relent concerning his servants.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the L rd will judge [the cause of] His people [and take vengeance], and He will bethink Himself for His servants.


###### Psalms 135:15
[Psalms 135:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:15)

עֲצַבֵּ֣י הַ֭גּוֹיִם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.


###### Psalms 135:16
[Psalms 135:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:16)

פֶּֽה־לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ עֵינַ֥יִם לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have mouths, but they cannot speak; eyes have they, but they cannot see;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have a mouth and do not speak; eyes, and do not see.


###### Psalms 135:17
[Psalms 135:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:17)

אׇזְנַ֣יִם לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יַאֲזִ֑ינוּ אַ֝֗ף אֵין־יֶשׁ־ר֥וּחַ בְּפִיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they have ears, but they cannot hear; nor is there any breath in their mouths.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have ears and do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouth.


###### Psalms 135:18
[Psalms 135:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:18)

כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
May they who make them become like them; and everyone who trusts in them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Like them, let their makers be, all who trust in them.


###### Psalms 135:19
[Psalms 135:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:19)

בֵּ֣ית יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בָּרְכ֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֑ה בֵּ֥ית אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ן בָּרְכ֥וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Bless the Lord, O house of Yisra᾽el: bless the Lord, O house of Aharon:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O house of Israel, bless the L rd! O house of Aaron, bless the L rd!


###### Psalms 135:20
[Psalms 135:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:20)

בֵּ֣ית הַ֭לֵּוִי בָּרְכ֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֑ה יִֽרְאֵ֥י יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בָּרְכ֥וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: you who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O house of Levi, bless the L rd! O fearers of the L rd [(the proselytes)] bless the L rd!


###### Psalms 135:21
[Psalms 135:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/135:21)

בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** מִצִּיּ֗וֹן שֹׁ֘כֵ֤ן יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed be the Lord out of Żiyyon, he who dwells at Yerushalayim. Haleluya!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Bless the L rd [whose Shechinah shines forth] from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem, Hallelukah!