Psalms 82:1
God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
World English Bible
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 judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 22:28“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
Psalms 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Psalms 138:1I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
Isaiah 3:13The LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
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 →