8 Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.
Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
Before Yahweh; for he comes, For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, The peoples with his truth.
Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
The godly man has perished out of the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
"Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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Psalm 82
This psalm is calculated for the meridian of princes' courts and courts of justice, not in Israel only, but in other nations; yet it was probably penned primarily for the use of the magistrates of Israel, the great Sanhedrim, and their other elders who were in places of power, and perhaps by David's direction. This psalm is designed to make kings wise, and "to instruct the judges of the earth' (as Psa 2 and 10), to tell them their duty as (2 Sa. 23:3), and to tell them of their faults as Psa 58:1. We have here,
Though magistrates may most closely apply this psalm to themselves, yet we may any of us sing it with understanding when we give glory to God, in singing it, as presiding in all public affairs, providing for the protection of injured innocency, and ready to punish the most powerful injustice, and when we comfort ourselves with a belief of his present government and with the hopes of his future judgment.
A psalm of Asaph.
Psa 82:1-5
We have here,
Psa 82:6-8
We have here,