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Pentecost Season · Proper 10 · Year C

Psalm 82

God Judges the Gods

July 16, 2028

The Last Judgment, Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Last Judgment, Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1537–1541Sistine Chapel, Vatican
On the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, painted thirty years after the ceiling. The nudity was painted over after Michelangelo's death; Bartolomeo's skin carries the artist's own face.Matthew 25 is the separating of sheep from goats, and this is the painting that has shaped how the West pictures it.Michelangelo BuonarrotiSculptor first and painter under protest, who spent four years on his back on the Sistine ceiling and produced the most consequential painting in Europe.Sistine Chapel, VaticanThe pope's chapel, where conclaves are held, decorated by Perugino, Botticelli and Ghirlandaio before Michelangelo was ever asked.Sistine Chapel, Vatican
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:25-37Lk 10:25-37
EpistleCol. 1:1-14Col 1:1-14
Old TestamentAmos 7:7-17Am 7:7-17Alt. OTDeut. 30:9-14Dt 30:9-14
PsalterPs. 82Ps 82Alt. PsalmPs. 25:1-10Ps 25:1-10

Overview & Insights

"Rise up, O God, judge the earth; for all the nations belong to you!" (Psalm 82:8)

God stands in the divine council and indicts the 'gods' (unjust rulers and judges) for failing to defend the weak and the orphan. The psalm closes with a plea for God himself to judge the whole earth with justice.

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Commentary

Commentary on Psalm 82:1-8Commentary on Ps 82:1-8 Working Preacher

Surveys the major interpretations of 'the gods' in verse 1, from human judges to angelic beings.

Psalm 82 CommentaryPs 82 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A preaching-focused reading of the psalm as an indictment of unjust power.

Psalm 82 CommentaryPs 82 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical treatment of the divine council scene.

Psalm 82:1 CommentariesPs 82:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries verse by verse on the psalm.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 82 (Hebrew text)Ps 82 (Hebrew text) Sefaria

The Masoretic Hebrew text with facing translation for direct word study of 'elohim'.

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