King James Version
Psalms 82:2 in the King James Version says “How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 82 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.”
Psalms 82:2 · KJV
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. of Asaph: or, for Asaph
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Defend: Heb. Judge
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
“How long will ye judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
“the persons”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and accept”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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