PREVIOUS CHAPTER - NEXT CHAPTER - HELP - GR VIDEOS - GR YOUTUBE - TWITTER - SD1 YOUTUBE PSALM 82 Ps 82:1-8. Before the great Judge, the judges of the earth are rebuked, exhorted, and threatened.
1. congregation--(Compare
Ex 12:3; 16:1).
2. accept the persons--literally, "lift up the faces," that is, from dejection, or admit to favor and communion, regardless of merit (Le 19:15; Pr 18:5). 3, 4. So must good judges act (Ps 10:14; Job 29:12). 4. poor and needy--(Compare Ps 34:10; 41:1).
5. By the wilful ignorance and negligence of judges, anarchy ensues
(Ps 11:3; 75:3).
6, 7. Though God admitted their official dignity (Joh 10:34), He reminds them of their mortality. 7. fall like, &c.--be cut off suddenly (Ps 20:8; 91:7). 8. As rightful sovereign of earth, God is invoked personally to correct the evils of His representatives. GOTO NEXT CHAPTER - D. J-F-B INDEX & SEARCH
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