Psalms 135:14

135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. throughout: Heb. to generation and generation

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

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For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants.

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

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

135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

What does Psalms 135:14 mean?

Psalms 135:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), דִּין (dîyn), עַם (ʻam).

Hebrew interlinear

For

the

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

will

judgeדִּיןdîyn/deen/H1777a straight course, i.e. sail direct

his

people,עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

and

will

repentנָחַםnâcham/naw-kham'/H5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)

himself

concerning

his

servants.עֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant

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Repentance

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 135:14.

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. power: Heb. hand

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Genesis 9:26

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. his servant: or, servant to them

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What does Psalms 135:14 say?

Psalms 135:14 (King James Version) reads: "For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants."

Is Psalms 135:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 135:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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