| Psalm 82 | |
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| "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty" | |
 Drawing for Psalm 82 in an album amicorum by Petronella Moens | |
| Other name |
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| Text | A psalm of Asaph |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 82 | |
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← Psalm 81 Psalm 83 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 82 is the 82nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 81. In Latin, it is known as "Deus stetit in synagoga deorum".[1] It is one of the 12 Psalms of Asaph.[2] The New King James Version describes it as "a plea for justice";[3] Alexander Kirkpatrick sees it as "a vision of God as the Judge of judges".[4]
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has been set to music.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter, Psalmus 81 (82). Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine Medievalist.
- ^ Psalm 81: New International Version
- ^ Psalm 82: NKJV
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A. F. (1906), Cambridge Bible for Schools on Psalm 82, accessed 9 March 2022