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Psalms 82:1

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Psalms 82:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 82:1

Theological / Devotional

God. Heb. ’Elohim (see Vol. I, pp. 170, 171).

Standeth. Or, “taketh His stand,” as in convening or joining an assembly.

Mighty. Heb. ’El, “God” (see Vol. I, p. 171). “The congregation of the mighty [God]” may refer to Israel in general (see Num. 27:17; 31:16; Joshua 22:16, 17), or specifically, from the context, to the assembly of magistrates, to whom God delegates the authority of administering justice.

Gods. Heb. ’elohim, here possibly “judges,” as ’elohim is translated in Ex. 21:6; Ex. 22:8, 9. Judges may be called ’elohim in the sense that judges are representatives of God’s sovereignty (see Ex. 7:1).

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