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Psalms 135:19
19Israel's family, praise the Lord! Descendants of Aaron, praise the Lord!
Psalms 135:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron:
- New International Version (NIV)All you Israelites, praise the Lord; house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
- English Standard Version (ESV)O house of Israel, bless the Lord! O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Bless the Lord, O house of Israel! Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron!
Context of Psalms 135:19
17They have ears, but they cannot hear! They cannot even breathe! 18The people who made them will become as they are. Everyone who trusts in idols will become as useless as their idols are. Israel's family, praise the Lord! Descendants of Aaron, praise the Lord! 20Descendants of Levi, praise the Lord! Everyone who serves the Lord, praise him! 21Everyone in Zion should praise the Lord. He is the one who has his home in Jerusalem. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:19 word by word
בֵּ֣ית יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בָּרֲכ֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה בֵּ֥ית אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ן בָּרֲכ֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:19
- Psalms 115:9People of Israel, trust in the Lord. He is the one who helps you and keeps you safe.
- Psalms 118:1Thank the Lord, because he is good. His faithful love will always be with us.
- Psalms 145:10Join together to thank the Lord! Everything that he has made will praise him. Your own people will praise you, Lord!
- Psalms 147:19He sends his message to Jacob's descendants. He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people.
- Psalms 148:14He has made his own people strong, so that other nations respect them. All the people who serve him should praise him. They are the Israelite nation, who belong to him. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
- Revelation 19:5Then a voice spoke from the throne. It said, ‘All of you who are God's servants, praise our God! All of you who respect God's power, worship him! Important people and ordinary people should worship him!’
Commentaries on Psalms 135:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel - This passage, also, is evidently an imitation of the passage in Psalm 115:9-13. The form in Psalm 115:9-13. It is an earnest call on all classes of the people to bless and praise the Lord. It is language expressive of overflowing joy; the utterance of a heart full of exalted conceptions of the majesty, the glory, and the mercy of God; of a heart which feels to the utmost the fitness of praise, and desires…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 These verses arm believers against idolatry and all false worship, by showing what sort of gods the heathen worshipped. And the more deplorable the condition of the Gentile nations that worship idols, the more are we to be thankful that we know better. Let us pity, and pray for, and seek to benefit benighted heathens and deluded sinners. Let us endeavour to glorify his name, and recommend his truth, not only with our lips, but by holy lives…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21The groups mentioned here formed the covenant community (see Psalm 115:9–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2119-21. (Compare Psa 115:9-11). There we have "trust" for "bless" here.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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