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 power, as Aristotle joineth them, κατ αρετην και την πολιτικην δυναμιν; I have said, is vox potestatis constituentis, whence that of the apostle, All power is of God, Romans 13:1 .
And all of you are children of the most High] Invested (as princes' sons and heirs are oft) with part of my power, and intrusted with the administration of mine earthly kingdom by the exercise of vindictive and remunerative justice, Niceph. 1. 18, scribit summum principem gentis Turcicae dictum fuisse Taifau, i.e. Filium Dei. The Chaldee paraphraseth, As the angels of the High; and Kimchi, As the stars, which have dominion over these inferior bodies. Confer Job 38:7 .