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

For the Lord will judge his people ... he will repent himself concerning his servants - from . Compare Moses' prayer . The connection is, turning from addressing the Lord to his fellow-men, the Psalmist implies, I said with truth, that 'the Lord's name will endure forever' (); for though now the memorial of the Lord's character as the former Deliverer of His people, seems well-nigh obliterated by our present miseries, yet at length the Lord will repent of chastising us further and will vindicate our cause. Compare ; ; . 'Repenting,' when attributed to the Lord, refers to His outward change of treatment of men. His essential principle and righteous will knows no change or repenting ().

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