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Psalms 82:2
2“How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?
Psalms 82:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)“How long will you hand down unjust decisions by favoring the wicked? Interlude
Context of Psalms 82:2
1God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”: “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? 3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Read all of Psalms 82Psalms 82:2 word by word
עַד־מָתַ֥י תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־עָ֑וֶל וּפְנֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תִּשְׂאוּ־סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 82:2
- Psalms 62:3How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
- Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
- 1 Kings 18:21Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
- Matthew 17:17“You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”
- Psalms 58:1Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?
- Exodus 23:6“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
- Leviticus 19:15“ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
- Micah 3:1Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,
- Deuteronomy 1:17Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”
- 2 Chronicles 19:7Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
- Job 34:19who shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?
- Proverbs 18:5It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.
- Galatians 2:6As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message.
Commentaries on Psalms 82:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Accept the persons of the wicked? - "Lift up their faces," encourage them in their oppressions. Selah - "Mark this:" ye do it, and sorely sLall ye suffer for it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How long will ye judge unjustly - literally, Judge evil. This is designed, evidently, to denote the prevailing character of the magistrates at the time when the psalm was written. Unhappily such occasions occur very often in the course of human affairs. And accept the persons of the wicked? - literally, Lift up, or bear, the faces of the wicked. The meaning is, that they showed favor or partiality to wicked people; they did not decide cases according to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Because justice defines God’s rule (Psalm 89:4), he does not support the wicked. The psalmist is confused by this situation and cries out to God to bring justice (Psalm 82:3–4, 8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. accept the persons--literally, "lift up the faces," that is, from dejection, or admit to favor and communion, regardless of merit (Le 19:15; Pr 18:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 82
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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