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Verse Psalms 82:7. _BUT YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN_] כאדם _keadam_, "ye
shall die like _Adam_," who fell from his high perfection and dignity
as ye have done. Your high office cannot secure you an immortal...
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BUT YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN - You are mortal, like other people. This
fact you have forgotten. You have been lifted up with pride, as if you
were in fact more exalted than other people; as if you were n...
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Psalms 82
Concerning Judgment
_ 1. The judge with His righteous judgment (Psalms 82:1)_
2. Arise O God! judge the earth (Psalms 82:6)
His own presence in the congregation of God (Israel) means a r...
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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 D...
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MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
PRINCES. Compare Numbers 16:2; Numbers 16:35....
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The character of these judges described and their sentence pronounced....
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_But_ R.V., Nevertheless. Though they bear this high title, it will
not exempt them from punishment. They shall die like common men, and
fall like any other princes whose ruin is recorded in history ...
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FALL LIKE ONE THE PRINCES— _Fall like one of the poor; whom ye treat
with so much contempt, as to refuse them justice._ See Psalms 82:3.
Bishop Hare: who has thus nobly restored the text here, reading...
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PSALMS 82
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Judgment of Unjust Judges.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 82:1, Introductory Vision. Stanza II., Psalms
82:2-7, Reprimand of the Judges by the Judge of Judges. Stanza II...
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But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
BUT YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN - like any ordinary man; Hebrew, 'aadaam
(H120) (Psalms 9:20). The gods or great men had virtually forgotten
t...
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82:7 men, (e-6) _ Adam_ ....
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This Ps. is an impeachment of unjust judges, who are officially called
'gods.' It represents them as put upon their trial at God's tribunal
(Psalms 82:1). God Himself denounces their wickedness (Psalm...
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The v. contrasts the purely human fate of the unjust judges with the
superhuman dignity of their calling....
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
GOD AND THE GODS
PSALMS 82
JESUS SAID, "I SAW *SATAN FALL FROM *HEAVEN LIKE A LIGHT THROUGH THE
SKY". (LUKE 10: 18)
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אָ֭כֵן כְּ אָדָ֣ם תְּמוּת֑וּן וּ כְ
אַחַ֖ד
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Psalms 82:1
IN Psalms 50:1 God is represented as gathering His people together to
be judged; in this psalm He has gathered them together for His
judgment on judges. The former psalm begins at an earli...
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THE JUST JUDGE OF ALL
Psalms 82:1
Those described here as _gods_ are evidently the judges and
magistrates of Israel. See John 10:34. They were intended to be the
mouthpiece and representatives of God...
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This psalm is a cry for justice, born of a sense of maladministration
of those in authority. It first announces the fact that God is the
supreme Judge. This is a recognition of the perfect equity of t...
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(e) But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
(e) No title of honour will excuse you, but you will be subject to
God's judgments, and tender account as well as other men....
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_Agarenes descended from Agar, though they took the name of Saracens,
as if they had sprung from Sara, (Worthington) or they dwelt at Agra,
otherwise called Petra, in Arabia; or on the east of Galaad,...
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The sense in which magistrates and princes are said to be gods, our
blessed Lord himself hath explained, when clearly proving, that it
does not imply the smallest idea of anything exalted about them,...
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Psalms 82. We find God assuming the government into His own hands. He
had set up authority in the earth and especially in Israel. Directed
by His word in judgment and armed with His authority, the jud...
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BUT YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN,.... As men in common do, to whom it is
appointed to die, Hebrews 9:27 or as common men, as men in the lowest
class of life: the wise man dies as the fool, the king as the pe...
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But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Ver. 7. _But ye shall die like men_] Yea, if wicked, like beasts, but
only for their pillow and bolster. _Super cubilia forsan in honore
m...
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_I have said, Ye are gods_ I have given you my name and power to rule
your people in my stead; _and all of you_ Not only the rulers of
Israel, but of all other nations; (for _the powers that be are
or...
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But, in spite of the prerogative which they hold by virtue of the
grace of God, YE SHALL DIE LIKE MEN, that is, like ordinary people,
such as held no distinguishing positions during their lifetime, AN...
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GOD AS THE JUDGE OF GOVERNMENTS.
A psalm of Asaph, to set forth the majesty of the great Judge of the
earth....
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6-8 It is hard for men to have honour put upon them, and not to be
proud of it. But all the rulers of the earth shall die, and all their
honour shall be laid in the dust. God governs the world. There...
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BUT YE SHALL DIE: but let not this make you insolent and secure; for
though you are gods by name and office, yet still you are mortal men,
you must die and give up your account to me your superior Lor...
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CONTENTS: Instructions for the judges of the earth.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: God judges among the mighty of earth. They have their
power from Him and are accountable to Him. Magistrates s...
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Title. _A psalm of Asaph._ There is no authority for referring this
psalm to the time of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 19:6, which is to
contradict the title. David no doubt reformed the courts of justice...
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_I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most
High._
HUMAN RULERS
I. Their official greatness.
1. They are here called gods. “Ye are gods.” In what sense are
they gods?
(1) No...
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_God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; He judgeth among the
gods._
THE SUPREMACY OF GOD
I. As rebuking unjust rulers. “How long will ye judge unjustly?”
Here is a common crime. Human ruler...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 82:1. Some call this a community lament
since it addresses God directly with a request on behalf of the whole
people (v. Psalms 82:8). Others
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription.—“A_ Psalm of Asaph.” (See Introduction to
Psalms 74.) _Occasion_.—We are unable to determine upon what
occasion the Psalm was written. It is clear, however, that it is
ad...
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EXPOSITION
Two different explanations have been given of the general bearing and
intention of this psalm—one, recently advocated by Professor Cheyne,
that it is a denunciation of the angels whom God h...
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Psa 82:1-8 is a psalm that is directed to judges. And it is a very
solemn psalm that God directs to judges, and basically God declares
that He is not happy or satisfied with men's judgment.
God stand...
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Ezekiel 31:14; Job 21:32; Psalms 49:12; Psalms 83:11...
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Like men — Or, like ordinary men....