Psalms 82:2
Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? Selah.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
In Context
1A PSALM OF ASAPH. God has stood in the congregation of God, || He judges among the gods.
3Judge the weak and fatherless, || Declare the afflicted and the poor righteous.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3And Moses comes in—Aaron also—to Pharaoh, and they say to him, “Thus said YHWH, God of the Hebrews: Until when have you refused to be humbled at My presence? Send My people away, and they serve Me,
Leviticus 19:15You do not do perversity in judgment; you do not lift up the face of the poor, nor honor the face of the great; you judge your fellow in righteousness.
1 Kings 18:21and Elijah comes near to all the people and says, “Until when are you leaping on the two branches? If YHWH [is] God, go after Him; and if Ba‘al, go after him”; and the people have not answered him a word.
Job 32:21Please do not let me accept the face of any, || Nor give flattering titles to man,
Psalms 58:1TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Is it true, O silent one, that you speak righteously? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Proverbs 18:5Favoring of the face of the wicked [is] not good, || To turn aside the righteous in 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 →