Psalm 82:8
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New International Version (©2011)
Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Rise up, O God, and judge the earth, for all the nations belong to you.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is You who possesses all the nations.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Rise up, God, judge the earth, for all the nations belong to You.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Arise, God, to judge the earth, for all nations belong to you.

NET Bible (©2006)
Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Arise, oh God, and judge the Earth, because you will inherit all the nations!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Arise, O God! Judge the earth, because all the nations belong to you.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.

American King James Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.

American Standard Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

Darby Bible Translation
Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all the nations.

English Revised Version
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all the nations.

Webster's Bible Translation
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou wilt inherit all nations.

World English Bible
Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations. A song. A Psalm by Asaph.

Young's Literal Translation
Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

82:6-8 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 is a righteous God to whom we may go, and on whom we may depend. This also has respect to the kingdom of the Messiah. Considering the state of affairs in the world, we have need to pray that the Lord Jesus would speedily rule over all nations, in truth, righteousness, and peace.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 8. - Arise, O God, judge the earth. The words of God (vers. 2-7) being ended, the psalmist calls upon him to proceed at once to judgment; but he does not limit the judgment to Israel's unjust judges. God is asked to "arise" and "judge the earth," i.e. the whole world (comp. Psalm 7:7, 8; Psalm 56:7; Psalm 59:5). For thou shalt inherit; or, "for thou dost inherit." "God is the King of all the earth" (Psalm 47:2), not of Israel only. All nations - the whole world - must be regarded as his possession or "inheritance."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, and such wretched perversion of justice, that he would arise and exert himself, and show himself strong on the behalf of his people:

judge the earth: who is the Judge of the whole earth, to whom all judgment is committed, and who will judge the world in righteousness:

for thou shalt inherit all nations; which he will do in the latter day, when he shall be King over all the earth, and the Heathen shall be given him for his inheritance, he being heir of all things; and universal justice will not take place in the world till that time comes; and therefore it is to be wished and prayed for, as by the prophet and church here.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. As rightful sovereign of earth, God is invoked personally to correct the evils of His representatives.

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God Presides in the Great Assembly
…6I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.

Revelation 11:15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever."
Psalm 2:8 Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 12:5 "Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."
Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
Psalm 58:11 Then people will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth."
Psalm 76:9 when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.
Psalm 96:13 Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.