Psalms 82:1
God stands in the congregation of God. He judges among the gods.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
In Context
2How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,
Exodus 22:28Thou shall not revile the gods, nor speak maliciously (LXX/NT) of a ruler of thy people.
Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
Psalms 58:11so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.
Psalms 138:1I will give thee thanks with my whole heart. I will sing praises to thee before the gods.
Isaiah 3:13LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:1
This psalm is calculated for the meridian of princes' courts and courts of justice, not in Israel only, but in other nations; yet it was probably penned primarily for the use of the magistrates of Israel, the great Sanhedrim, and their other elders who were in places of power, and perhaps by David's direction. This psalm is designed to make kings wise, and "to instruct the judges of the earth" (as 2 and 10 ), to tell them their duty as ( 2 Sam. xxiii. 3 ), and to tell them of their faults as Ps. lviii. 1 . We have… Read the whole commentary →