Read
Psalm 135:14
For the LORD will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.
12and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.
13Your name, LORD, endures forever; your renown, LORD, throughout all generations.
14For the LORD will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
16They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they can’t see.
Notice
YHWH’s judgment comes with compassion for his servants, so the promise carries both the weight of his authority and the comfort of belonging to him.
Questions to write on. Each one opens a new entry with this verse already attached.
How does the promise of compassion shape your response to the words “judge his people”?
Write on thisWhere do you need the compassion promised to God’s servants today?
Write on thisConnect
Where else Scripture says this
12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.
This verse's connections, by chapterThe Bible's strongest chapter linksHover or tap a book to trace it
Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, that there is no one remaining, shut up or left …Both passages promise judgment and compassion for God’s people; Deuteronomy adds that he sees when their power is gone.
Hebrews 10:30For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me. I will repay,” says the Lord. Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”Both declare that the Lord will judge his people; Hebrews pairs that declaration with his claim to vengeance.
Psalm 90:13Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!Psalm 90 asks for the compassion toward God’s servants that Psalm 135 promises.
Genesis 15:14I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;Both speak of God judging, though Genesis names the nation holding others in service, while the psalm names his people.
Jonah 4:2He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew …Both describe the LORD’s mercy: the psalm promises compassion, while Jonah acknowledges that God is merciful and relents from harm.
Psalm 7:8The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.Both name the LORD as judge; Psalm 7 makes a personal appeal to his judgment.
Psalm 50:4He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:Both say that God judges his people; Psalm 50 describes him calling heaven and earth to that judgment.
Judges 10:16They put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.The psalm promises compassion for God’s servants; Judges describes his grief over Israel’s misery as they return to serving him.
Amos 7:3The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD.The shared thread is mercy: the psalm promises compassion, and Amos records the LORD relenting.
Hosea 11:8–9“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, …Both speak of God’s compassion toward his people; Hosea expresses it through his reluctance to give Israel up.
1 Chronicles 21:15God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, the LORD saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It …Judgment and mercy appear in both: the psalm promises compassion, and Chronicles records God stopping the destruction of Jerusalem.
Amos 7:6The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.Amos records the LORD relenting again, sharing the psalm’s emphasis on God showing mercy.
Where this verse fits
Fear for the future. feeling distant from God. praise and worship.
One step
Something small to carry out of this verse
Encouragement
YHWH’s servants depend on his compassion. Their hope rests in the God who acts and cares, unlike the speechless idols described just after this promise.
Now put it in your words.
Start an entry on Psalm 135:14. Write what it stirs. Psalmlog sets your words beside Scripture and gives you one next step. Your first entry is free, no account needed.
Keep goingPsalm 135 · the whole chapter with its connection mapPsalms · every chapterBuild a reading plan through Psalms
Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).