Psalm 82:2 {81:2}
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How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

how

Psalm 62:3 How long do you rush in upon a man? you all kill, as if you were thrusting down a leaning wall, and a tottering fence.

Exodus 10:3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.

1 Kings 18:21 And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Matthew 17:17 And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

judge

Psalm 58:1,2 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title. [2] If in very deed ye speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men. . . .

Exodus 23:6,7 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment. . . .

Leviticus 19:15 Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

Micah 3:1-3,9-12 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. . . .

accept

Deuteronomy 1:17 There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.

2 Chronicles 19:7 Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts.

Job 34:19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.

Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Galatians 2:6 But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man): for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.

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?3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17
There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.

Psalm 58:1
Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title. [2] If in very deed ye speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.

Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Daniel 9:12
And he hath confirmed his words which he spoke against us, and against our princes that judged us, that he would bring in upon us a great evil, such as never was under all the heaven, according to that which hath been done in Jerusalem.

Lexicon
“How long
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

will you judge
תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־ (tiš·pə·ṭū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

unjustly
עָ֑וֶל (‘ā·wel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

and show partiality
וּפְנֵ֥י (ū·p̄ə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

to the wicked?
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: Suspension, pause


Additional Translations
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? SelahHow long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? Pause.

How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

"How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
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