Psalms 82:8
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
In Context
7even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes;
9Yea, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. Pause.
Cross References
Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms 12:5lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.
Psalms 94:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
Psalms 102:13As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him.
Micah 7:2For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders his way aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbour:
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 →