For the LORD will judge His peopleThe sequence here is important. First, God will judge. Even those who are His people, still have to be judged. Like everyone else, they have sinned, and those sins have to be known. If judgment were skipped, then what comes after would be less impactful.
And will have compassion on His servants.
After judgment, God has compassion. For those who are His, there is a payment for those sins already made. The payment is so high that no person could pay it Himself. Instead, we have to rely on Jesus' taking the punishment himself. Since we have accepted that payment, then God can be compassionate towards us.
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