Psalm 82 Commentary
…But You Shall Die Like Men
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KEY THOUGHT: But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.” [Psalm 82:7 NKJV]
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Psalm 82 NKJV
A Plea for Justice
A Psalm of Asaph.
82 God stands in the congregation of [a]the mighty;
He judges among the [b]gods.
2 How long will you judge unjustly,
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 [c]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are [d]unstable.
6 I said, “You are [e]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
7 But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;
For You shall inherit all nations.
Footnotes
a. Psalm 82:1 Heb. El, lit. God
b. Psalm 82:1 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
c. Psalm 82:3 Vindicate
d. Psalm 82:5 moved
e. Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 82 Commentary
Like begets like. The children of God are also gods, exactly like their father. A chicken cannot have a puppy for a baby. It should be simple logic.
A man can only be fathered by another man. The claim by the man Jesus Christ to be the Son of God is interesting. Could we be looking at the logic above?
Verse 6 is the subject of John 10 verse 30. The man Jesus Christ references this very verse to support his claim. By addressing Yahweh, the El-Shaddai God, as his own father, the man Jesus claims divinity and equivalence with the Creator God Himself.
We want to read this psalm in the light of what the LORD Jesus Christ said. Interestingly, even the psalms are referred to as the Law by the LORD Jesus Christ! They should be treated with the same reverence as the Torah. They cannot be set aside.
The Creator God created man and woman in His image, in His own likeness. So like beget like.
But the Jews knew more. Fallen humanity couldn’t be anything close to God. After the fall, in Genesis Chapter 3, humanity gained a different identity – after all, the Spirit of the LORD could no longer contend or live with humanity.
Actually, Psalm 82 is a lament by the Creator God. Humanity is no longer in God’s image. A god he should be, but mortality has replaced immortality. Injustice reigns.
Men stand in the place of the Judge, the Creator God, but they do a bad job. Of course, exactly as expected. Why not? They are no longer in the image of God.
Consequently, ‘gods’ die like mere mortals; sons of God like mere men. We can see the consequence of the Adamic sin – mortality.
But the ‘gods’ know nothing; they understand nothing. They don’t know who they are.
Well, He is not like us. He is a god – Jesus Christ. The creator God has started on a new page. He is the exact image of the Creator God. Therefore, he cannot die like a mere mortal. And he didn’t. Resurrection comes into sharp focus. We are talking about Jesus, the Christ.
And for his followers? Here we have it: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” John 11 verse 25. Mere mortals can attain immortality again, but it is by believing the LORD Jesus Christ.
And then the question: “Do you believe this?” Martha did, what about you?
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