Psalms 82
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:1
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:2
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:3
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:4
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:5
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:6
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:7
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 82:8
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Psalms 82
- Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Psalms 82:1
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 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 written about the times of Jehoshaphat, who appointed new judges throughout the land; those that were before having been very corrupt, to whom he gave a charge agreeably to the purport of this psalm, 2 Chronicles 19:5, but it seems rather to be written by Asaph, in the times of David, under a spirit of prophecy, and has respect to the times of Christ, when there was a great corruption among the judges and rulers of the Jews, both civil and ecclesiastic. The Syriac version calls it, "a reproof of the ungodly Jews"; our Lord cites a passage out of it in vindication of himself from their charge of blasphemy, John 10:34.