Verse Psalms 82:8. _ARISE, O GOD, JUDGE THE EARTH_] Justice is perverted in the land: take the sceptre, and rule thyself. _FOR THOU SHALT INHERIT ALL NATIONS._] Does not this last verse contain a pr...
ARISE, O GOD, JUDGE THE EARTH - That is, Since there is such a failure in the administration of justice by those to whom it pertains, and who are appointed to do it in thy stead, do thou, O God, come...
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...
JUDGE. judge Thou. NATIONS. the nations....
The Psalmist has watched the trial and condemnation of Israel's judges; and the sight stirs him to appeal to God Himself to assume the office of Judge not only for Israel but for all the world. If Isr...
ARISE, O GOD, &C.— _Arise, O God, judge the land thyself: for thou art the rightful possessor of all nations:_ "Since the judges, thy vicegerents, are so corrupt, take the government of the land into...
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...
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...
82:8 earth; (d-6) _ Erets_ , 1 Samuel 2:8 ....
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...
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)
ARISE. — The psalm would have been incomplete had not the poet here resumed in his own person, with an appeal to the Supreme Judge to carry His decrees into effect against the oppressors of Israel. He...
קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁפְטָ֣ה הָ אָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי ־
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...
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit (f) all nations. (f) Therefore no tyrant will pluck your right and authority from you....
PSALM LXXXII. (DEUS QUIS SIMILIS.) A prayer against the enemies of God's Church....
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,...
REFLECTIONS READER! let us pass over all lesser considerations, which the perusal of this Psalm might open to our view in the judgment of earthly powers, to behold him who is the righteous Judge, and...
_GOD AS JUDGE_ ‘Arise, O God, and judge Thou the earth: for Thou shalt take all heathen to Thine inheritance.’ Psalms 82:8 (Prayer Book Version) The psalmists and prophets of old earnestly desired t...
8_Arise, O God! judge the earth. _The reason why this psalm concludes with a prayer has been already stated at the commencement. The prophet, finding that his admonitions and remonstrances were ineffe...
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...
ARISE, O GOD,.... These are the words of the prophet, or of the church, whom he represents, addressing Christ, who is God over all; that seeing there was such a corruption and degeneracy in the world,...
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. Ver. 8. _Arise, O God, judge the earth_] Take the matter into thine own hand, for it is but time, all things here being, so ill-orde...
_Arise, O God, judge the earth_ Seeing the state of the world is so universally corrupt and desperate, and the vicegerents betray their trust, and oppress the nations of the earth, which they were app...
Arise, O God, judge the earth, Himself exercising the functions of the great Judge, since men were performing this office so badly; FOR THOU SHALT INHERIT ALL NATIONS, it is in His power to take hold...
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...
Seeing the state of the world is so universally corrupt and desperate, and thy vicegerents betray their trust, and oppress and ruin the nations of the earth, whom they were appointed to preserve, do t...
Psalms 82:8 Arise H6965 (H8798) God H430 judge H8199 (H8798) earth H776 inherit H5157 (H8799) nations...
Psalms 82:8 The psalmists and prophets of old earnestly desired that God would arise to judge the earth. They desired it not for their own sakes, but for the earth's sake. We are wont to divide the ad...
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...
_Arise, O God, judge the earth: for Thou shalt inherit all nations._ THE TRUE HOPE OF THE WORLD This cry is-- I. One of the deepest cries of universal man. This cry, in some form or other, goes up...
_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...
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...
Isaiah 51:9; Micah 7:2; Micah 7:7; Psalms 102:13; Psalms 2:8;...
Arise — Take the sword of justice into thine own hand....