(KJV) Psalm 821

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⥃God Presides in the Divine Assembly

A Psalm of Asaph2.

[1] God3 standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods4. [2] How5 long will ye judge6 unjustly, and accept7 the persons of the wicked? Selah. [3] Defend8 the poor and fatherless: do9 justice to the afflicted and needy. [4] Deliver10 the poor and needy: rid11 [them] out of the hand of the wicked. [5] They12 know not13, neither will they understand; they walk14 on in darkness: all the15 foundations of the earth are out of course16. [6] I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.17 [7] But18 ye shall die like men19, and fall20 like one of the princes. [8] Arise21, O God, judge the earth: for thou22 shalt inherit all nations.

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  1. Ps 82:1, The psalmist, having exhorted the judges, Ps 82:5, and reproved their negligence, Ps 82:8, prays God to judge. Some refer this psalm to the time of David, and others to that of Hezekiah; but it is more probable that it was composed when Jehoshaphat reformed the courts throughout his kingdom. 2Chr 19:6, 2Chr 19:7 ↩

  2. or, for Asaph ↩

  3. etc. Or, "God standeth in the assembly of God, ail, he judgeth among the judges." Elohim̀ God is among His own people; and presides especially in those courts of justice which Himself has established. Exod 18:21; 2Chr 19:6-7; Eccl 5:8 ↩

  4. Ps 82:6-7, Ps 138:1; Exod 21:6, Exod 22:28; John 10:35 ↩

  5. Ps 62:3; Exod 10:3; 1Kgs 18:21; Matt 17:17 ↩

  6. Ps 58:1-2; Exod 23:6-7; Lev 19:15; Mic 3:1-3, Mic 3:9-12 ↩

  7. Deut 1:17; 2Chr 19:7; Job 34:19; Prov 18:5; Gal 2:6 ↩

  8. Heb. Judge, Ps 10:18; Deut 10:18; Isa 1:17, Isa 1:23 ↩

  9. Jer 5:28, Jer 22:3, Jer 22:16; Jas 1:27 ↩

  10. Ps 72:12-14; Job 29:12, Job 29:16-17; Prov 24:11-12 ↩

  11. Ps 140:12; Neh 5:1-13; Job 5:15-16 ↩

  12. That is, the judges know not. ↩

  13. Ps 53:4; Prov 1:29; Mic 3:1; Rom 1:28 ↩

  14. Prov 2:13, Prov 4:19; Eccl 2:14; John 3:19, John 12:35; 1John 2:11 ↩

  15. etc. All the civil institutions of the land totter. Ps 11:3, Ps 75:3; Eccl 3:16; Isa 5:7; 2Tim 2:19 ↩

  16. Heb. moved ↩

  17. Ps 82:1; Exod 22:9, Exod 22:28; John 10:34-36 ↩

  18. Ps 49:12; Job 21:32; Ezek 31:14 ↩

  19. Or, "like Adam," keadam. ↩

  20. etc. Or, "as fall as one of them, O ye princes." Ps 83:11 ↩

  21. Ps 7:6, Ps 44:26, Ps 96:13, Ps 102:13; Isa 51:9; Mic 7:2, Mic 7:7; Zeph 3:8 ↩

  22. Ps 2:8, Ps 22:28; Rev 11:15 ↩