God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. Psalms 82:1.-God stands as Judge in the congregation where princes, His representatives, preside (Psalms 82:1); He reproves them for partiality to the wicked, and urges them to right the afflicted (Psalms 82:2); but they w... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. DEFEND THE POOR AND FATHERLESS - literally, 'Judge,' etc., in contrast to dismissing unheard those who appeal to them for justice, as the unjust judge for a length of time dismissed the widow who came unto him continually, sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. DELIVER THE POOR AND NEEDY; RID THEM OUT OF THE HAND OF THE WICKED - (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. THEY KNOW NOT, NEITHER WILL THEY UNDERSTAND. Practical ignorance besets intellectual (). They who do not what good they know are righteously doomed to lose all moral percept... [ Continue Reading ]
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. I HAVE SAID, YE ARE GODS; AND ALL OF YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH. Princes and judges are "gods" ( 'ªlohiym (H430)), on the ground that "unto them the Word of God came" (John 10:35), constituting them such. Even here, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
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 virtually forgotten that they are liable to die like other men (Psalms 49:11). God tells them, your god-like station whe... [ Continue Reading ]
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. ARISE, O GOD, JUDGE THE EARTH: FOR THEN SHALT INHERIT ALL NATIONS - `Lift up thyself, O God.' Prayer for the accomplishment of the prophetic intimation in the body of the psalm. It is the prayer often elsewhere offered by the oppr... [ Continue Reading ]