Psalms Chapter 82 verse 2 Holy Bible
How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah
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How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
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How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
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How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
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How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
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"How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.
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Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - How long will ye judge unjustly? "The cry of the impatient Jehovah" (Cheyne); comp. Exodus 10:3; Exodus 16:28; Numbers 14:11, 27. And accept the persons of the wicked? Accepting men's persons is favouring them unduly on account of their position or outward circumstances. It was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic Law (see Deuteronomy 1:17; Deuteronomy 16:19; Leviticus 19:15).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2-4) These verses contain the rebuke addressed by the supreme judge to those abusing the judicial office and function.(2) How long?--What a terrible severity in this Divine Quousque tandem!"The godsGrow angry with your patience; this their care,And must be yours, that guilty men escape not;As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself."BEN JONSON.Judge unjustly.--Literally, judge iniquity. For the opposite expression see Psalm 58:1. Leviticus 19:15, which lays down the great principle of strictly fair and unbribable justice is evidently in the poet's mind, as is shown by the use of the next clause. . . .
