“I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.”
God reasserts divine authority: "I say, 'You are gods, children of the Most High, all of you." The address affirms the divine status of the judges but establishes a hierarchy: they are gods only as children or subordinates of the Most High. Their authority is derivative, not independent.
Church Fathers on Psalms 82:6
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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