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2How long will ye judge{H8799)} unjustly, and accept{H8799)} the persons of the wicked? Selah.
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Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? …
But of these who seemed to be somewhat,(whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 (Ps. 82:1): 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; bo…
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