Psalms 135:13-14

Context

135:13 O Lord, your name endures,¹

your reputation, O Lord, lasts.²

135:14 For the Lord vindicates³ his people,

and has compassion on his servants.⁴

[135:13] ¹tn Or “is forever.”

[135:13] ²tn Heb “O Lord, your remembrance [is] for a generation and a generation.” See Ps 102:12.

[135:14] ³tn Heb “judges,” but here the idea is that the Lord “judges on behalf of” his people. The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the Lord’s characteristic actions.

[135:14] ⁴sn Verse 14 echoes Deut 32:36, where Moses affirms that God mercifully relents from fully judging his wayward people.