Psalms 82:1
God has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
In Context
2“How long will you crookedly judge, and favor the wicked? Selah
Cross References
Psalms 50:1The Lord God has spoken: He summons the earth from sunrise to sunset.
Psalms 58:11People will say, “Yes, the just are rewarded: yes, on the earth is a God who is Judge.”
Psalms 138:1I will thank you, O Lord, with all my heart: in the sight of the gods I will sing your praise,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:1
This psalm is calculated for the meridian of princes' courts and courts of justice, not in Israel only, but in other nations; yet it was probably penned primarily for the use of the magistrates of Israel, the great Sanhedrim, and their other elders who were in places of power, and perhaps by David's direction. This psalm is designed to make kings wise, and "to instruct the judges of the earth" (as 2 and 10 ), to tell them their duty as ( 2 Sam. xxiii. 3 ), and to tell them of their faults as Ps. lviii. 1 . We have… Read the whole commentary →