Psalms 82:8
Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
In Context
7But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,
Cross References
Psalms 2:8Ask of Me and I give nations — thy inheritance, And thy possession — the ends of earth.
Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it.
Psalms 44:26Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
Psalms 94:2Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Send back a recompence on the proud.
Psalms 102:13Thou — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
Micah 7:2Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men — there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt [with] a net.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 82:7-8
The Duty of Magistrates. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. We have here, I. Earthly gods abased and brought down, v. 6, 7 . The dignity of their character is acknowledged ( v. 6 ): I have said, You are gods. They have been honoured with the name and title of gods. God himself called them so in the statute against treasonable words Exod. xxii. 28… Read the whole commentary →