Psalms 82:2
How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
In Context
1A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.
3Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.
Cross References
Exodus 10:3Then came Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and they said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Ebrewes, Howe long wilt thou refuse to humble thy selfe before me? Let my people goe, that they may serue me.
Leviticus 19:15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.
1 Kings 18:21And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal be he, then goe after him. And the people answered him not a worde.
Job 32:21I will not now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.
Psalms 58:1To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?
Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.
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 →