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Psalm 135:1

Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! Praise him, you servants of the LORD,

1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD’s name! Praise him, you servants of the LORD,
2you who stand in the LORD’s house, in the courts of our God’s house.
3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant.
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Notice

Praise comes three times in this opening line, drawing your attention to YHWH’s name and to the servants addressed as his worshipers.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 96:1–4Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.Both psalms open with repeated commands to worship the LORD, addressing his servants in one and all the earth in the other.
Psalm 7:17I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.Both passages direct praise to the LORD’s name, with Psalm 7 expressing that praise through a personal pledge to sing.
Psalm 33:1–2Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.Both passages address worshipers with a command to praise the LORD, naming them as his servants or as the righteous.
Psalm 111:1Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.Both begin with the same command to praise the LORD, and their settings place worship among people gathered before him.
Revelation 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”Both passages command God’s servants to praise him, with Revelation naming the small and the great among those addressed.
Exodus 34:5–7The LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the LORD’s name.The LORD’s name is central in both texts: proclaimed by the LORD in Exodus and praised by his servants in the psalm.
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from …Both passages direct worshipers to honor the LORD’s name, with Nehemiah declaring that name exalted above all blessing and praise.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Speak one sentence of praise to YHWH

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Encouragement

Praise has a clear direction here: YHWH and his name. The next lines ground that praise in who he is: YHWH is good.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).