Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 82:7
7. fall like, c.—be cut off suddenly (Psalms 20:8 Psalms 91:7). read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 82:8
8. As rightful sovereign of earth, God is invoked personally to correct the evils of His representatives. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 82:1-8
Psalms 82In this psalm, Asaph warned Israel’s judges to judge justly. [Note: For further discussion, see Chisholm, "A Theology . . .," pp. 275-76.] read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 82:2-5
Israel’s judges were perverting justice. God called them to practice righteous justice. Chisholm believed the king is in view in Psalms 82:2-7 rather than God. [Note: Ibid., p. 266, n. 17.] The essence of proper judging was making sure that the defenseless got justice. Israel’s judges, who should have been the wisest of the people, were ignorant of the importance of fair judgment and the consequences of unfair judging. Consequently law and order, the foundations of life on earth, were unstable. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 82:2-7
2. The indictment of the judges 82:2-7 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 82:6-7
God warned the unjust judges that they themselves would suffer judgment for their injustice. God had appointed them as "gods" (i.e., individuals with power by God’s authority). He had made them His sons in the sense of His representatives on earth (cf. 2 Samuel 7:14). Nevertheless because they had not behaved as God, who judges justly, they would die as mere men without honor as God’s sons. They would die as all the other Israelites would. "Men" and "rulers" (Psalms 82:7) is a merism that... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 82:8
3. The call for divine judgment 82:8Asaph concluded this psalm by calling for God to judge the whole earth, not just Israel. The world, then as now, needed righteous judgment that only God, the righteous Judge, can provide. God’s provision of Jesus Christ, to whom He has committed all judgment (John 5:22-30), was His answer to this petition.The need for righteous judgment and the cry for it will continue until Jesus Christ reigns and judges. He will judge at various times in the future. For the... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 82:1-8
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 (Psalms 82:2), and reminds them of their duties (Psalms 82:3-4). In Psalms 82:5 He declares that they are incorrigible, and in Psalms 82:6-7 pronounces sentence upon them. Psalms 82:8 is the Psalmist’s own prayer that God may manifest His righteous judgment to all the nations. The date of the Ps. is... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 82:5
(5) Here we imagine a pause, that interval between warning and judgment which is God’s pity and man’s opportunity; but the expostulation falls dead without a response. The men are infatuated by their position and blinded by their pride, and the poet, the spectator of this drama of judgment, makes this common reflection. The perversion of judgment strikes him, as it could not fail to do, as an indication of total anarchy and a dissolution of society, a convulsion like an earthquake.They know... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 82:6
6, 7. Though God admitted their official dignity (John 10:34), He reminds them of their mortality. read more