Psalms 82

Psalms 82:1

congregation of the mighty] Assembly, Assise, and Session, of God, of Magistrates, whose office is the Ordinance of God, Rom. XIII. 1, 2. and they so called gods, Exod. XXII. 8, 9, 28. John X. 34, 35. And the cause before them, the cause of God, Deut. I. 17. 2 Chron. XIX. 6.

Psalms 82:5

all the foundations] Lawes, Orders, estates, are all in confusion, turned up-side down.

Psalms 82:6

Alledged by our Saviour, Iohn X. 34.

Psalms 82:7

like men] As Adam did. As Hos. VI. 7. Iob XXXI. 33. But rather the sense is more general; ye shall die as other men do, that last line of death shall put an end to your height and haughtinesse, Psal. CXLVI. 3 4. Ye die as the meanest men do; for so the word is most what taken, specialy when it is put in opposition, as here, Psal. XLIX. 2. and LXII. 9. Esay II. 9. and V. 15. Death makes no distinction between man and man; as is excellently expressed by Heathen Poets: die all shall, equaly and alike, one with another.

like one of the Princes] As one of the other Princes of the world, as other mortal men; as one, or any one, even the meanest, who among the rest of men make but a number, as it were.