Psalms 82:1-8

LXXXII. Against Iniquitous Rulers. Jewish rulers are meant, as is plain from Psalms 82:3 f.

Psalms 82:6 f. The use of the word God in Psalms 82:6 f. is ironical. The great men bear themselves as if Divine, but have to die like other men. [But see on Psalms 58:1. A. S. P] princes: read, demons. The writer may have had Genesis 6:1 * in mind.

Psalms 82:8. inherit: read, rule. But the verse is a later addition. God's rule over the heathen has nothing to do with administration of justice in Israel, and there is no reason for begging God to rise and judge, for this He is already doing.