I have said, Ye are gods; I have given you my name and power to rule your people in my stead. All of you; not only the rulers of Israel, but of all other nations; for all powers are ordained by God, Romans 13:1. Children of the Most High; representing my person, and bearing both my name and lively characters of my majesty and authority, as children bear the name and image of their parents.
Verse Psalms 82:6. _YE_ ARE _GODS_] Or, with the prefix of כ _ke_, the particle of _similitude_, כאלהים keelohim, "like God." Ye are my _representatives_, and are clothed with my power and authority t...
I HAVE SAID, YE ARE GODS - See the notes at Psalms 82:1. I have given you this title; I have conferred on you an appellation which indicates a greater nearness to God than any other which is bestowed...
Psalms 82 Concerning Judgment _ 1. The judge with His righteous judgment (Psalms 82:1)_ 2. Arise O God! judge the earth (Psalms 82:6) His own presence in the congregation of God (Israel) means a r...
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 Psalms 82:6 f. is ironical. The great men bear themselves as if D...
I HAVE SAID. Compare Exodus 22:9; Exodus 22:28; John 10:34; John 10:35. CHILDREN. sons. Compare...
The character of these judges described and their sentence pronounced....
I said, Te are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High (R.V.). I is emphatic. It is by God's appointment that they have been invested with divine authority to execute judgement in His name. Cp. t...
I HAVE SAID, YE ARE GODS— Dr. Wall, in his _Critical Notes_ upon this passage, says, "The name _aleim,_ which is the usual name for God Almighty, having been, in the Pentateuch and other holy books wr...
PSALMS 82 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Judgment of Unjust Judges. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 82:1, Introductory Vision. Stanza II., Psalms 82:2-7, Reprimand of the Judges by the Judge of Judges. Stanza II...
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...
82:6 gods, (b-6) _ Elohim_ , 'the judges.' see Exodus 21:6 ....
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 82:1). God Himself denounces their wickedness (Psalm...
See on Psalms 82:1....
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD AND THE GODS PSALMS 82 JESUS SAID, "I SAW *SATAN FALL FROM *HEAVEN LIKE A LIGHT THROUGH THE SKY". (LUKE 10: 18)
I HAVE SAID. — Again the Divine voice breaks the silence with an emphatic _I. “_From me comes your office and your honoured title, _gods;_ now from _me_ hear your doom. _Princes though ye be, ye will...
אֲֽנִי ־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וּ בְנֵ֖י...
Psalms 82:1 IN Psalms 50:1 God is represented as gathering His people together to be judged; in this psalm He has gathered them together for His judgment on judges. The former psalm begins at an earli...
THE JUST JUDGE OF ALL Psalms 82:1 Those described here as _gods_ are evidently the judges and magistrates of Israel. See John 10:34. They were intended to be the mouthpiece and representatives of God...
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 Judge. This is a recognition of the perfect equity of t...
The sense in which magistrates and princes are said to be gods, our blessed Lord himself hath explained, when clearly proving, that it does not imply the smallest idea of anything exalted about them,...
6_I have said, ye are gods. _God has invested judges with a sacred character and title. This the prophet concedes; but he, at the same time, shows that this will afford no support and protection to wi...
Psalms 82. We find God assuming the government into His own hands. He had set up authority in the earth and especially in Israel. Directed by His word in judgment and armed with His authority, the jud...
I HAVE SAID, YE ARE GODS,.... In the law, Exodus 21:6 or they were so by his appointment and commission; he constituted them judges and magistrates, invested them with such an office, by which they ca...
_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, a...
_I have said, Ye are gods_ I have given you my name and power to rule your people in my stead; _and all of you_ Not only the rulers of Israel, but of all other nations; (for _the powers that be are or...
I have said, Ye are gods, He Himself has clothed them with their official dignity, they are never to forget that they are His representatives; AND ALL OF YOU ARE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH, they do not...
GOD AS THE JUDGE OF GOVERNMENTS. A psalm of Asaph, to set forth the majesty of the great Judge of the earth....
6-8 It is hard for men to have honour put upon them, and not to be proud of it. But all the rulers of the earth shall die, and all their honour shall be laid in the dust. God governs the world. There...
Psalms 82:6 said H559 (H8804) gods H430 children H1121 High H5945 god - 3's H30082 Psalms 82:
CONTENTS: Instructions for the judges of the earth. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: God judges among the mighty of earth. They have their power from Him and are accountable to Him. Magistrates s...
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 title. David no doubt reformed the courts of justice...
_I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High._ HUMAN RULERS I. Their official greatness. 1. They are here called gods. “Ye are gods.” In what sense are they gods? (1) No...
_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 judge unjustly?” Here is a common crime. Human ruler...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 82:1. Some call this a community lament since it addresses God directly with a request on behalf of the whole people (v. Psalms 82:8). Others
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 82:6 YOU ARE GODS. See note on v. 1. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—“A_ Psalm of Asaph.” (See Introduction to Psalms 74.) _Occasion_.—We are unable to determine upon what occasion the Psalm was written. It is clear, however, that it is ad...
EXPOSITION Two different explanations have been given of the general bearing and intention of this psalm—one, recently advocated by Professor Cheyne, that it is a denunciation of the angels whom God h...
Psa 82:1-8 is a psalm that is directed to judges. And it is a very solemn psalm that God directs to judges, and basically God declares that He is not happy or satisfied with men's judgment. God stand...
Exodus 22:28; Exodus 22:9; John 10:34; Psalms 82:1...
Have said — I have given you my name and power to rule your people in my stead. All — Not only the rulers of Israel, but of all other nations. Children — Representing my person, and bearing both my na...