Psalm 82:1
God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Note of Asaph: or, for Asaph
God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- (Title.) A Psalm
- A.M. 3108. B.C. 896. Some refer this psalm to the time of David, and others to that of Hezekiah; but it is more probable that it was composed when Jehoshaphat reformed the courts throughout his kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 19:6, 7
- Psalm 82:1
- God, etc. Or, "God standeth in the assembly of God, {ail,} he judgeth among the judges." {Elohim:} God is among His own people; and presides especially in those courts of justice which Himself has established.
- Exodus 18:21; 2 Chronicles 19:6, 7; Ecclesiastes 5:8
- the gods
- Psalm 82:6, 7; Psalm 138:1; Exodus 21:6; Exodus 22:28; John 10:35