Psalm 135:14

14 For the Lord shall deem his people; and he shall be prayed in his servants. (For the Lord shall judge his people; and he shall take pity upon his servants.)

Psalm 135:14 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 135:14

For the Lord will judge his people
Rule and govern, protect and defend them; plead their cause, and avenge them of their enemies; judge between them, distinguish them by his care and providence, make them visible, so that others shall see the difference between them; especially at the last day, when he will judge them, and, as the righteous Judge, give them the crown of righteousness. Or "though the Lord judges his people" ^F13; chastises them in a fatherly way, that they may not be condemned with the world;

and,
or "yet" ^F14;

he will repent himself concerning his servants;
of the evil of affliction he has brought upon them; he will change the course of his providential dealings with them, according to his unchangeable will; and turn their adversity into prosperity, and their mourning into joy: some render it, "he will be entreated for his servants" ^F15; he will hear prayer on their account, and save them out of their afflictions; or, as others, "he will comfort himself concerning his servants" ^F16; take pleasure in them and their prosperity, comfort them, and take delight in so doing. The Targum of the whole is,

``for the Lord will judge the judgment of his people by his word, and to his righteous servants will return in his mercies.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (yk) "quod si", Junius & Tremellius; "nam etsi", Piscator.
F14 "Tamen", Piscator; "mox", Junius & Tremellius.
F15 (Mxnty) "deprecabitur", V. L. "sinet se deprecari", Tirinus.
F16 "Solatium reportabit", Tigurine version.

Psalm 135:14 In-Context

12 And he gave the land of them heritage; to be heritage to Israel, his people. (And he gave their land for an inheritance; yea, to be an inheritance for his people Israel.)

13 Lord, thy name is [into] without end; Lord, thy memorial be in generation and into generation. (Lord, thy name shall endure forever; Lord, thou shalt be remembered by all generations.)

14 For the Lord shall deem his people; and he shall be prayed in his servants. (For the Lord shall judge his people; and he shall take pity upon his servants.)

15 The simulacra of heathen men be silver and gold; the works of the hands of men. (The idols of the heathen be but silver and gold; yea, the works of men's hands.)

16 Those images have a mouth, and shall not speak; those have eyes, and shall not see. (Those idols have mouths, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see.)