“ I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. ”
I have said, Ye are gods - See the notes at Psalms 82:1 . I have given you this title; I have conferred on you an appellation which indicates a greater nearness to God than any other which is be...
LXXXII. Against Iniquitous Rulers. Jewish rulers are meant, as is plain from Psalms 82:3 f. Psalms 82:6 f. The use of the word God in Psalms 82:6 f. is ironical. The great men bear themse...
I have said. Compare Exodus 22:9 ; Exodus 22:28 ; John 10:34 ; John 10:35 . children . sons. Compare Luke 6:35 . the MOST HIGH. Hebrew. Elyon. App-4.
6 I have said, ye are gods. God has invested judges with a sacred character and title. This the prophet concedes; but he, at the same time, shows that this will afford no support and protect...
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. Ye are gods - Or, with the prefix of כ ke, the particle of similitude, כאלהים keelohim, "like God." Ye are my representativ...
I have said, Ye are gods— Dr. Wall, in his Critical Notes upon this passage, says, "The name aleim, which is the usual name for God Almighty, having been, in the Pentateuch and other holy books...
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High. Princes and judges are "gods" ( 'ªlohiym (...
This Ps. is an impeachment of unjust judges, who are officially called 'gods.' It represents them as put upon their trial at God's tribunal ( Psalms 82:1 ). God Himself denounces their wickedness ( P...
I have said. — Again the Divine voice breaks the silence with an emphatic I. “ From me comes your office and your honoured title, gods; now from me hear your doom. Princes though ye be, ye wi...
Psalms 82:1-8 IN Psalms 50:1-23 God is represented as gathering His people together to be judged; in this psalm He has gathered them together for His judgment on judges. The former psalm begins...
the Just Judge of All Psalms 82:1-8 Those described here as gods are evidently the judges and magistrates of Israel. See John 10:34 . They were intended to be the mouthpiece and representati...
This psalm is a cry for justice, born of a sense of maladministration of those in authority. It first announces the fact that God is the supreme Judge. This is a recognition of the perfect equity of...
The sense in which magistrates and princes are said to be gods, our blessed Lord himself hath explained, when clearly proving, that it does not imply the smallest idea of anything exalted about them,...
I have said, ye are gods ,.... In the law, Exodus 21:6 or they were so by his appointment and commission; he constituted them judges and magistrates, invested them with such an office, by which th...
I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High. Ver. 6. I have said, Ye are gods ] As Psalms 82:1 , but doubly so, if good too; if they excel both in virtue and powe...
I have said, Ye are gods I have given you my name and power to rule your people in my stead; and all of you Not only the rulers of Israel, but of all other nations; (for the powers that be are o...
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...
I have said, Ye are gods; I have given you my name and power to rule your people in my stead. All of you; not only the rulers of Israel, but of all other nations; for all powers are ordained by...
INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph.” (See Introduction to Psalms 74 .) Occasion .—We are unable to determine upon what occasion the Psalm was written. It is clear, however, that it i...
Title. A psalm of Asaph. There is no authority for referring this psalm to the time of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 19:6 , which is to contradict the title. David no doubt reformed the courts of just...
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; He judgeth among the gods. The supremacy of God I. As rebuking unjust rulers. “How long will ye judge unjustly?” Here is a common crime. Human ru...
EXPOSITION Two different explanations have been given of the general bearing and intention of this psalm—one, recently advocated by Professor Cheyne, that it is a denunciation of the angels whom...
God as the Judge of Governments. A psalm of Asaph, to set forth the majesty of the great Judge of the earth.
Exodus 22:28 ; Exodus 22:9 ; John 10:34-36 ; Psalms 82:1
Have said — I have given you my name and power to rule your people in my stead. All — Not only the rulers of Israel, but of all other nations. Children — Representing my person, and bearing both my...