Psalms 82:2

accept the persons. Compare Leviticus 19:15. Pro 18:5. 2 Chronicles 19:7.

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

Selah. Connecting the indictment with the command to judge righteously. See App-66.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 82:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How long will ye judge unjustly - literally, Judge evil. This is designed, evidently, to denote the prevailing character of the magistrates at th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the (b) wicked? Selah. (b) For thieves and murderers find favour in judgment when the cau...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Psal...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 How long will ye judge unjustly? Many suppose that God is here introduced speaking, and that these are the words which he utters from his...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Accept the persons of the wicked? - "Lift up their faces," encourage th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Accept the persons— To accept persons, is become an established expression, with a known meaning, and therefore may be continued; but the origina...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Accept] RV 'respect.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How long? — What a terrible severity in this Divine Quousque tandem! “The gods Grow angry with your patience; this their care, And must be yo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-4) These verses contain the rebuke addressed by the supreme judge to those abusing the judicial office and function.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 fo...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 w...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Judg...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we have reference, in a particular and especial manner, to the design of the Holy Ghost in the dictation of this Psalm, and behold what a very...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How long will ye judge unjustly ,.... These are the words not of the psalmist, but of the divine Person that stands in the congregation of the might...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Ver. 2. How long will ye judge unjustly ] viz. Through a cyclopical...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long will ye judge unjustly? The psalmist speaks to them in God's name, and reproves them for their continued unrighteousness in their public a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Duty of Magistrates. A psalm of Asaph. 1 God standeth in the c...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The psalmist speaketh to them in God's name, and reproves them for their continued and resolved unrighteousness in their public administrations. Acc...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph.” (See Introduction to Psalms 74 .) Occasion .—We are unable to determine upon what occasion the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Magistrates rebuked for unjust judgment 1. The sin reproved in general,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Two different explanations have been given of the general bearing and intention of this psalm—one, recently advocated by Professor Ch...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God as the Judge of Governments. A psalm of Asaph, to set forth the majesty of the great Judge of the earth.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

How long will ye judge unjustly, engaging in, performing iniquity in ostensibly carrying out justice, and accept the persons of the wicked, favorin...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:21 ; 2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Deuteronomy 1:17 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Exodus 23:6 ; Exodus 23:7 ; Galatians 2:6 ; Job 34:19 ; Leviticus 19:15...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

How long — The psalmist speaks to them in God's name. Accept — By giving sentence according to your respect or affection to the person.

² How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 82:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 82:2