Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 82:1-5
We have here, I. God's supreme presidency and power in all councils and courts asserted and laid down, as a great truth necessary to be believed both by princes and subjects (Ps. 82:1): God stands, as chief director, in the congregation of the mighty, the mighty One, in coetu fortis?in the councils of the prince, the supreme magistrate, and he judges among the gods, the inferior magistrates; both the legislative and the executive power of princes is under his eye and his hand. Observe here, 1.... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 82
This psalm is calculated for the meridian of princes? courts and courts of justice, not in Israel only, but in other nations; yet it was probably penned primarily for the use of the magistrates of Israel, the great Sanhedrim, and their other elders who were in places of power, and perhaps by David's direction. This psalm is designed to make kings wise, and ?to instruct the judges of the earth? (as Ps. 2:10), to tell them their duty as (2 Sam. 23:3), and to tell them of their faults as Ps.... read more