Psalms 82:6

For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against thee;

Brenton Septuagint

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, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.

7even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not keep back the first-fruits of thy threshing floor and press. The first-born of thy sons thou shalt give to me.

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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