This, too, is a “Psalm of Asaph.” See Introduction to Psalms 73.
There is nothing, however, in its contents to determine the time or
the occasion of its being composed, although there is no difficulty...
BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Y...
This Psalm is a vision of judgement. It sets forth, in a highly
poetical and imaginative form, the responsibility of earthly judges to
the Supreme Judge, Whose representatives they are, and from Whom...
LXXXII.
This psalm represents the conviction which was so profoundly fixed in
the Hebrew mind, that Justice is the fundamental virtue of society,
and that its corruption implies total disorganisation...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 82
A PSALM OF ASAPH. This psalm was written for the use of persons in
power, for the instruction of kings and princes, judges and civil
magistrates; according to Kimchi, it was...
_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._
This Psalm contains an admonition, either, 1st, To the chief rulers
of Israel, whether judges or kings, or their great council, called the
Sanhedrim. Or, rather, 2d, To all th...