Psalms 82:1
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
In Context
2How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.]
Cross References
Exodus 18:21Thou thyself, therefore shalt look out, from among all the people—men of ability, reverers of God, men of fidelity, haters of extortion,—and place them over [them] as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 22:28God, shalt thou not revile,—and a prince among thy people, shalt thou not curse.
Psalms 50:1El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof:
Psalms 58:11So that a son of earth may say—Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!
Psalms 138:1I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song:
Isaiah 3:13Yahweh hath taken his station to plead,—And is standing to judge 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 →