Psalm 135 starts out pretty much as Psalm 134 does, with a call to worship, and you also see elements of Psalm 115 in this psalm as well.
But the main theme of this psalm is the greatness of our God, and how all the other “gods” are nothing compared to him.
We see this starting in verse 5, where the psalmist sings,
I know that the LORD is great,
that our Lord is greater than all gods. (Psalm 135:5)
He then talks about how God is greater than any other so-called “god.”
That God is all-powerful, the ruler of creation. That for the sake of Israel, he cast down Egypt and its gods, and crushed two other kings that came against his people.
He then directly compares God to the idols of other nations.
While God is creator of all, the idols are creations of men.
While they have eyes, they can’t see; while they have ears, they can’t hear; and while they have mouths, they can neither speak nor breathe.
And so the psalmist mocks those that would follow the creation of their own hands, saying,
Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them. (18)
He then calls on all peoples to praise God who is truly over all.
But if there’s one thing that I really like about this psalm, it’s found in verse 4, where he psalmist says,
For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel to be his treasured possession. (4)
God did indeed call Jacob to be his own, and for Israel to be his treasured possession. And even now, though Israel has rejected his Son, they still are. For as Paul said,
God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. (Romans 11:29)
God’s not through with Israel yet, but now God looks at us who believe in Christ, and says the same thing of us that he once said of Israel. Peter said of us,
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)
Note here that we were chosen and made his people that we might declare his praises to those around us. And as we do so, they too will be called out of darkness into his wonderful light.
So as the psalmist writes,
O house of Israel, praise the LORD;
O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
O house of Levi, praise the LORD;
You who fear him, praise the LORD.
Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise the LORD. (Psalm 135:19-21)
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