Psalms 135:14
For the Lord will espouse the cause of his people, and concerning his servants will he bethink himself.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
In Context
13O Lord, thy name [endureth] for ever: O Lord, thy memorial is throughout all generations.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:36For the Lord will espouse the cause of his people, and bethink himself concerning his servants: when he seeth that their power is gone, and the guarded and fortified axe no more.
1 Chronicles 21:15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was destroying, the Lord looked on, and he bethought himself of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough: now stay thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Psalms 50:4He will call to the heavens above, and to the earth, to judge his people.
Psalms 96:13Before the Lord; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and people in his truth.
Amos 7:3The Lord bethought himself of this: It shall not be, said the Lord.
Jonah 4:2And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my word, while I was yet in my own country? Therefore made I haste to fly unto Tharshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentant of the evil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 135:6-15
Majesty and Goodness of God. 5 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 10 Who… Read the whole commentary →