1 A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges amongst the gods. 2 “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah. 3 “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.” 5 They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High. 7 Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.” 8 Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.
Psalms · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Psalm 82 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 10:35; 2 Chronicles 19:6–7; Psalm 82:6–7; Isaiah 3:13; Psalm 58:11
- 2 Deuteronomy 1:17; Proverbs 18:5; Psalm 58:1–2; Exodus 10:3; Galatians 2:6
- 3 James 1:27; Psalm 10:18; Jeremiah 22:3; Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 5:28
- 4 Proverbs 24:11–12; Job 5:15–16; Job 29:12; Psalm 72:12–14; Psalm 140:12
- 5 Romans 1:28; Psalm 11:3; Proverbs 2:13; Micah 3:1; John 3:19
- 6 John 10:34–36; Psalm 82:1
- 7 Psalm 49:12; Ezekiel 31:14; Psalm 83:11; Job 21:32
- 8 Revelation 11:15; Psalm 2:8; Psalm 96:13; Psalm 22:28; Psalm 102:13
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
No such thing did ye hear in this when it was reading. Therefore take the presses for the mystery of the Church, which is now transacting. In the presses we observe three things, pressure, and of the pressure two things, one to be laid up, the other to be thrown away.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
And again: "God stood in the congregation of the gods, He judges among the gods." He [here] refers to the Father and the Son, and those who have received the adoption; but these are the Church.
… it from us to say that "great King above all gods" means "great King above all demons." But the same Scripture also calls men who belong to God's people "gods:" "I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you children of the Most High." Accordingly, when God is styled God of gods, this may be understood of these gods; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
To others also the Scripture says, Ye are the sons of the Lord your God: and in another place, I have said, Ye are gods, and ye are all sons of the Most High.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
[Of those] to whom He says, "I have said, Ye are gods, and all sons of the Most High." To those, no doubt, who have received the grace of the "adoption, by which we cry, Abba Father."