Psalms 82:2
How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
In Context
3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.
Leviticus 19:15Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor, nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.
1 Kings 18:21And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.
Job 32:21I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.
Psalms 58:1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.
Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
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 →