Psalms 82:1
A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
In Context
2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
Cross References
Exodus 18:21And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens.
Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.
Psalms 50:1A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
Psalms 58:11The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
Psalms 138:1Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:
Isaiah 3:13The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.
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 →