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“How longעַד מָתַיwill you judgeתִּשְׁפְּטוּunjustly,עָוֶלand liftתִּשְׂאוּthe faceוּפְנֵיof the wicked?רְשָׁעִיםSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 82:2
Study it in the app““How long will you judge unjustly, and lift the face of the wicked? Selah.”
God asks the judges to stop their injustice and rescue the poor and needyJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 82:2, word by word
- “How longמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- will you judgeתִּשְׁפְּטוּtishptu
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “tishptu” appears- unjustlyעָוֶלavel
injustice, wrong
Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.
Where else “avel” appears- and liftתִּשְׂאוּtisu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisu” appears- the faceפְנֵיfene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
Translation note
To “lift the face” of someone: to favor him in a judgment, to take his side.
The context
1A psalm of Asaph. Elohim stands in the community of El; in the midst of the gods he judges.
2 · This verse (above)
3Judge the poor and the orphan; do justice to the afflicted and the destitute.