Psalms 82:1
A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
In Context
2How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Moreouer, prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God, men dealing truely, hating couetousnesse: and appoynt such ouer them to be rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.
Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not raile vpon the Iudges, neither speake euil of the ruler of thy people.
Psalms 50:1A Psalme of Asaph. The God of Gods, euen the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the going downe thereof.
Psalms 58:11And men shall say, Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.
Psalms 138:1A Psalme of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: euen before the gods will I praise thee.
Isaiah 3:13The Lord standeth vp to pleade, yea, hee standeth to iudge the people.
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 →