Psalm 135:14

Translations

Modern

For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

Traditional

For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

Literal

For YHWH will vindicate His people, and He will have compassion on His servants.

Latin

Quia judicabit Dominus populum suum, et in servis suis deprecabitur.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

Notes

Psalms 135:13–18

God’s name and character are very different from idols.

Psalms 135:1–21

God is the Creator and the Lord of history, the “Maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 134:3). He deserves praise because, unlike idols, he saves his people.

Theme notes and profiles

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility

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So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
1 Chronicles 21:15
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…before 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.

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