Psalms 82:2
For behold, your enemies have made a noise; and they that hate you have lifted up the head. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
In Context
1O God, who shall be compared to you? be not silent, neither be still, O God. 1
Cross References
Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long do you refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me.
Leviticus 19:15You shall not act unjustly in judgment: you shall not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shall you judge your neighbor.
1 Kings 18:21And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long will you⌃ halt on both + 18:21 Gr. the hams, from γόνν, the knee. feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.
Job 32:21For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.
Psalms 58:1Deliver me from my enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me. 1
Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor is it holy to pervert justice 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 →