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"How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.
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God Condemns Partiality
Commentators explain that the core of this verse is a sharp rebuke against partiality. The phrase "respect the persons of the wicked" literally means to show favoritism based on wealth, rank, or power rather than on truth. God demands impartial and incorruptible justice from those in authority.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How long will ye judge unjustly - literally, Judge evil. This is designed, evidently, to denote the prevailing character of the mag…
19th Century
Anglican
How long? —What a terrible severity in this Divine Quousque tandem!
“The godsGrow angry with your pat…
16th Century
Protestant
How long will you judge unjustly? Many suppose that God is introduced here as speaking, and that these are the words he utters from his th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How long will ye judge unjustly These are the words not of the psalmist, but of the divine Person that stands in the…
Magistrates are the mighty in authority for the public good. Magistrates are ministers of God's providence, for maintaining order and peace, and pa…
