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Psalms 82:1

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of Asaph: or, for Asaph

God: etc. Or, "God standeth in the assembly of God, ail:, he judgeth among the judges." Elohim̀: God is among His own people; and presides especially in those courts of justice which Himself has established. Exodus 18:21; 2 Chronicles 19:6-7; Ecclesiastes 5:8

the gods: Psalms 82:6-7, Psalms 138:1; Exodus 21:6, Exodus 22:28; John 10:35

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