God’s Word Translation
Psalms 135:14
14The Lord will provide justice for his people and have compassion on his servants.
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, an inheritance to his people Israel. 13O Lord, your name endures forever. O Lord, you will be remembered throughout every generation. The Lord will provide justice for his people and have compassion on his servants. 15The idols of the nations are made of silver and gold. They were made by human hands. 16They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:14 word by word
כִּֽי־יָדִ֣ין יְהוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְעַל־עֲ֝בָדָ֗יו יִתְנֶחָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 135:14
- Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the people of the world. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity.
- Psalms 50:4He summons heaven and earth to judge his people:
- Psalms 96:13in the Lord’s presence because he is coming. He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with his truth.
- Deuteronomy 32:36The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and that no one is left, neither slaves nor free people.
- Judges 10:16Then they got rid of the foreign gods they had and served the Lord. So the Lord could not bear to have Israel suffer any longer.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15God also sent a Messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was destroying it, the Lord reconsidered and changed his mind about the disaster. “Enough!” he said to the destroying Messenger. “Put down your weapon.” The Messenger of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- Hosea 11:8“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboim? I have changed my mind. I am deeply moved.
- Amos 7:3The Lord changed his plans about this. “This won’t happen,” the Lord said.
- Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the Lord, “Lord, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That’s why I tried to run to Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, patient, and always ready to forgive and to reconsider your threats of destruction.
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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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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