The peculiar people’s song of praise, as they adore the excellency of their sovereign God 

The psalm begins and ends with ‘Hallelujah,’ and that sets the tone for it. Worship in the temple opens this song, and the worshippers are exhorted to magnify the Lord. Ten times in the first six verses, God’s Name is used as the object of praise. He is addressed as ‘Jah,’ the Lord most vehement, the sacred Name, three times; Jehovah, the self-existent, eternal One, six times, and Elohim, the supreme God, once. These Names and the glorious Being they describe parade across the vision of the writer. 
Such a One is to be blest because of His greatness above all other gods. They are but products of man’s vain imagination, lifeless and useless. A man will become like his god, and to worship his own creation is the depths of ungodly egoism. But the Lord is the One who has created man, and acts sovereignly in the deliverance and maintenance of His people from a multitude of enemies. He is to be blest because of this, but especially for His elective choice. The children of Jacob, His spiritual seed, are His special jewels. A people shut up in His possession. This truth must stir the house of Israel to vocalise our praise.

-Pastor Jeff O’ Neil

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Psalm 135

¹Praise ye the LORD, the LORD’s name praise;
His servants, praise ye GOD.
²Who stand in GOD’s house, in the courts
Of our God make abode.

³Praise ye the LORD, for he is good;
Unto him praises sing:
Sing praises to his name, because
It is a pleasant thing.

⁴For Jacob to himself the LORD
Did choose of his good pleasure,
And he hath chosen Israel
For his peculiar treasure.

⁵Because I know assuredly
The LORD is very great,
And that our Lord above all gods
In glory hath his seat.

⁶What things soever pleas’d the LORD,
That in the heav’n did he,
And in the earth, the seas, and all
The places deep that be.

⁷He from the ends of earth doth make
The vapours to ascend;
With rain he lightnings makes, and wind
Doth from his treasures send.

⁸Egypt’s first-born, from man to beast
who smote. ⁹Strange tokens he
On Phar’oh and his servants sent,
Egypt, in midst of thee.

¹⁰He smote great nations, slew great kings:
¹¹Sihon of Heshbon king,
And Og of Bashan, and to nought
Did Canaan’s kingdoms bring:

¹²And for a wealthy heritage
Their pleasant land he gave,
An heritage which Israel,
His chosen folk, should have.

¹³Thy name, O LORD, shall still endure,
And thy memorial
With honour shall continu’d be
To generations all.

¹⁴For why? the righteous GOD will judge
His people righteously;
Concerning those that do him serve,
Himself repent will he.

¹⁵The idols of the nations
Of silver are and gold,
And by the hands of men is made
Their fashion and mould.

¹⁶Mouths have they, but they do not speak;
Eyes, but they do not see;
¹⁷Ears have they, but hear not; and in
Their mouths no breathing be.

¹⁸Their makers are like them; so are
All that on them rely.
¹⁹O Isr’el’s house, bless GOD; bless GOD,
O Aaron’s family.

²⁰O bless the LORD, of Levi’s house
Ye who his servants are;
And bless the holy name of GOD,
All ye the LORD that fear.

²¹And blessed be the LORD our God
From Zion’s holy hill,
Who dwelleth at Jerusalem.
The LORD O praise ye still.