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Psalms 135:14
Psalms 135:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants.
Context of Psalms 135:14
12He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel. 13Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations. For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants. 15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 16They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
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כִּֽי־יָדִ֣ין יְהוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְעַל־עֲ֝בָדָ֗יו יִתְנֶחָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 135:14
- Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
- Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
- Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- Amos 7:3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
- Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For the Lord will judge his people - He will interpose in their behalf by his judgments, or by directing the course of events in their favor. This language is copied literally from Deuteronomy 32:36: “For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants.” It is there a part of the song of Moses after the journey through the wilderness, after smiting the kings of the Amorites and of Bashan; and when, delivered from their enemies, the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18God’s name and character are very different from idols.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. will judge--do justice (Psa 72:2). repent himself--change His dealings (Psa 90:13).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 14For the Lord will judge His people He will judge their judgment from their enemies.Read the comment
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- 1. Psalms 135:14 Or will judge His people; see also LXX; cited in Hebrews 10:30. ↩
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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