Psalm 82:1 {81:1}
Good News Translation
God presides in the heavenly council; in the assembly of the gods he gives his decision:

New Revised Standard Version
God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

Contemporary English Version
When all the other gods have come together, the Lord God judges them and says:

New American Bible
A psalm of Asaph. God takes a stand in the divine council, gives judgment in the midst of the gods.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

A.

3108. B.C.

896. A Psalm. 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 And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you. . . .

God, etc.

Exodus 18:21 And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

2 Chronicles 19:6,7 And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

the gods

Psalm 82:6,7 I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High. . . .

Psalm 138:1 For David himself. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of the angels:

Exodus 21:6 His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

Exodus 22:28 Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.

John 10:35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God was spoken; and the scripture cannot be broken:

Context
God Presides in the Divine Assembly
1A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?…
Cross References
Exodus 12:12
And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments; I am the Lord.

Exodus 21:6
His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

Exodus 22:8
If the thief be not known, the master of the house shall be brought to the gods, and shall swear that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour's goods,

Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not speak ill of the gods, and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse.

2 Chronicles 19:6
And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you.

Job 21:22
Shall any one teach God knowledge, who judgeth those that are high?

Psalm 58:11
And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

Psalm 82:6
I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

Psalm 89:6
For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?

Proverbs 31:8
Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

Isaiah 3:13
The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.

Micah 3:1
For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall divide and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them.

Psalm 81:16
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