Psalms 82:6

For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant:

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In The King James Version

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

In Context

5They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.”

7the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,

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Cross References

Exodus 22:28You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.

John 10:34Jesus responded to them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said: you are gods?’

Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:2-6

The Duty of Magistrates. 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. We have here, I. God's supreme presidency and power in all councils… Read the whole commentary →

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