New King James Version
Psalms 135:14
14For the Lord will judge His people, And He will 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 Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord will give justice to his people and have compassion on his servants.
Context of Psalms 135:14
12And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people. 13Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations. For the Lord will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants. 15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. 16They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see;
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:14 word by word
כִּֽי־יָדִ֣ין יְהוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְעַל־עֲ֝בָדָ֗יו יִתְנֶחָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:14
- Psalms 7:8The Lord shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
- Psalms 50:4He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
- Psalms 96:13For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.
- Deuteronomy 32:36“For the Lord will judge His people And have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is no one remaining, bond or free.
- Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, the Lord looked and relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood 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 set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.
- Amos 7:3So the Lord relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.
- Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
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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