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Psalms 82:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 82:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 82:28 words
HebrewMeaning
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מָתַ֥יmātay
when?particleH4970
when
תִּשְׁפְּטוּtišəpəṭw
will you judgeverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
עָ֑וֶלʿāwel
injusticenounH5766
perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked
וּ/פְנֵ֥יwpənēy
and the face ofconjH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
תִּשְׂאוּtiśəʾw
will you lift upverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 82:2

1. This Psalm, like others similarly named, was so entitled either from the name of the man who wrote it, or from the explanation of that same name, so as to refer in meaning to the Synagogue, which Asaph signifies; especially as this is intimated in the first verse. For it begins, “God stood in the synagogue of gods” Psalm 81:1. Far however be it from us to understand by these Gods the gods of the Gentiles, or idols, or any creature in heaven or earth except men; for a…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 82
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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