Psalms 82:8
and Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the foreigners among the inhabitants of Tyre.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
In Context
7the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,
9For even Assur comes with them. They have become the helpers of the sons of Lot.
Cross References
Psalms 2:8Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
Psalms 12:5lest at any time my enemy may say, “I have prevailed against him.” Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.
Psalms 94:2Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.
Psalms 102:13As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.
Micah 7:2The holy ones pass away from the land, and there is no one righteous among men. All wait in ambush for blood; a man hunts his brother to death.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:7-8
The Duty of Magistrates. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. We have here, I. Earthly gods abased and brought down, v. 6, 7 . The dignity of their character is acknowledged ( v. 6 ): I have said, You are gods. They have been honoured with the name and title of gods. God himself called them so in the statute against treasonable words Exod. xxii. 28… Read the whole commentary →