“But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.”
The ultimate fate is announced: "Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, and fall like any prince." Despite their divine status, the judges will experience mortality like ordinary humans. The statement implies that their disobedience will be followed by death, ending their judicial authority.
Church Fathers on Psalms 82:7
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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