PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 82:2 judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked. The psalm does not specify whether the rulers are Israelites, or Gentiles ruling Israel as a subject state (as in the Babylonian or Persian Empires). Both the ideal Davidic king in Psalms 72:1 and the ideal Gentile ruler in Proverbs 31:1 are called to protect the powerless from those who would harm them. Certainly the people of God should aim to embody this ideal.

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