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NASB | Psalm 83:18 That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 83:18 That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. |
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Bible Note: (Part 2)You wrote: c) Ps. 82:1 and 6 - Verse 6 also uses a different Hebrew word than Is. 43:10.Ps. 82:1 does use the same word. However, there are two issues involved with this verse. First of all, no one is entirely sure what it is to which the word refers. Secondly, the context is poetic. One cannot place a poetic statement over a direct statement of Jehovah in Is. 43:10.Ps. 82: 1 “God is stationing himself in the assembly of the Divine One;In the middle of the gods he judges”Here ´elo·him´ is used of men, human judges in Israel. Jesus quoted from this Psalm at John 10:34, 35. They were gods in their capacity as representatives of and spokesmen for Jehovah. Similarly Moses was told that he was to serve as “God” to Aaron and to Pharaoh atEx 4:16.The 1599 Geneva Study Bible Ps 82:1 «A Psalm of Asaph.» God standeth in the congregation of the a mighty; he judgeth among the gods. (a) The prophet shows that if princes and judges do not do their duty, God whose authority is above them will take vengeance on them. 1. congregation--(Compare Exodus 12:3, 16:1). of the mighty--that is, of God, of His appointment. the gods--or, "judges" (Exodus 21:6, 22:9), God's representatives.Commentary Critical and Explanatoryon the Whole Bible by Jamieson, Fausset, BrownVerses 1-5 We have here, I. God’s supreme presidency and power in all councils and courts asserted and laid down, as a great truth necessary to be believed both by princes and subjects (v. 1): God stands, as chief director, in the congregation of the mighty, the mighty One, in coetu fortis—in the councils of the prince, the supreme magistrate, and he judges among the gods, the inferior magistrates; both the legislative and the executive power of princes is under his eye and his hand. Observe here, 1. The power and honour of magistrates; they are the mighty. They are so in authority, for the public good (it is a great power that they are entrusted with), and they ought to be so in wisdom and courage. They are, in the Hebrew dialect, called gods; the same word is used for these subordinate governors that is used for the sovereign ruler of the world. They are elohim. Angels are so called both because they are great in power and might and because God is pleased to make use of their service in the government of this lower world; and magistrates in an inferior capacity are likewise the ministers of his providence in general, for the keeping up of order and peace in human societies, and particularly of his justice and goodness in punishing evil-doers and protecting those that do well. Matthew Henry Complete Commentaryon the Whole BibleYou wrote: I listed for you several direct statments by Jehovah that there are no 'other' gods. Which are we to believe, Jehovah Himself or Jehovah's so called Witnesses?For myself, I'll take Jehovah's words as truth.Taking the Bible as a whole I definitely believe Jehovah Himself, these Bible Commentators are with me on Ps. 82:1. The only conclusion is that there is only One Almighty God, plain and simple. Truthfinder |