Psalms 82:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 wicked? - i:e., show partiality to the wicked because of their wealth, or go into the opposite extreme of partiality to the user because of his poverty (Exodus 23:3). The original passage hero referred to is Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:17. Compare the parallel (Psalms 58:1).

Selah. A pause to give time for serious meditation on the rebuke which precedes, as in Psalms 4:4.

Psalms 82:2

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