“ But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. ”
But ye shall die like men - You are mortal, like other people. This fact you have forgotten. You have been lifted up with pride, as if you were in fact more exalted than other people; as if you w...
(e) But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. (e) No title of honour will excuse you, but you will be subject to God's judgments, and tender account as well as other men.
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...
men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14. princes. Compare Numbers 16:2 ; Numbers 16:35 .
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. But ye shall die like men - כאדם keadam, "ye shall die like Adam," who fell from his high perfection and dignity as ye have done. Your hig...
Fall like one the princes— Fall like one of the poor; whom ye treat with so much contempt, as to refuse them justice. See Psalms 82:3 . Bishop Hare: who has thus nobly restored the text here, re...
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. But ye shall die like men - like any ordinary man; Hebrew, 'aadaam ( H120 ) ( Psalms 9:20 ). The gods or great men had virtua...
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...
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,...
But ye shall die like men ,.... As men in common do, to whom it is appointed to die, Hebrews 9:27 or as common men, as men in the lowest class of life: the wise man dies as the fool, the king as t...
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Ver. 7. But ye shall die like men ] Yea, if wicked, like beasts, but only for their pillow and bolster. Super cubilia forsan in honore...
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...
But ye shall die: but let not this make you insolent and secure; for though you are gods by name and office, yet still you are mortal men, you must die and give up your account to me your superior...
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.
Ezekiel 31:14 ; Job 21:32 ; Psalms 49:12 ; Psalms 83:11
Like men — Or, like ordinary men.