Psalms 135:14

12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.

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

15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
KJV
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
WEB
For the LORD will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.
ASV
For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself concerning his servants.
DARBY
For Jehovah will judge his people, and will repent in favour of his servants.
BLB
For YHWH will vindicate His people, and He will have compassion on His servants.
ÅB
For Herren skal dømme sitt folk, og han skal miskunne seg over sine tjenere.
OTB
For Herren vil dømme sitt folk
Og vil vise medfølelse med sine tjenere.
B1930
For Herren skal dømme sitt folk, og han skal miskunne sig over sine tjenere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

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  • Jonah 4:2

    And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

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  • Psalms 50:4

    He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

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  • Psalms 7:8

    The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

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  • Amos 7:6

    The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Judges 10:16

    And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

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  • Amos 7:3

    The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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