Psalms 82:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. Arise, O God, judge the earth - Justice is perverted in the land: take the scepter, and rule thyself.

For thou shalt inherit all nations - Does not this last verse contain a prophecy of our Lord, the calling of the Gentiles, and the prevalence of Christianity over the earth? Thus several of the fathers have understood the passage. It is only by the universal spread of Christianity over the world, that the reign of righteousness and justice is to be established: and of whom can it be said that he shall inherit all nations, but of Jesus Christ?

Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

Psalms 82:8

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.