Psalms 82:8
Yes, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. Pause. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
In Context
7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre. 1
9Do you to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison. 1
Cross References
Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession. 1
Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation. 1
Psalms 94:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. 1
Psalms 102:13As a father pities his children, the Lord pities them that fear him. 1
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 neighbor:
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 →