Изъяснение псалма 81 го.

"Psalm to Asaph." In the psalm preceding this, having spoken about the rejection of the Jews, the Prophet here clearly sets out the reasons why God rejected them, teaching, without a doubt, us that if we imitate them, we ourselves will fall into the same, or even worse. Ps.81:1. God became in the host of gods; judgment was pronounced among the gods. “God is in the assembly of gods, but in the midst the gods will judge.” The Prophet called the princes of the Jews gods, because they were entrusted with the right to judge; This is what the law calls them: “Thou shalt not speak evil of the gods, and thou shalt not speak evil unto the prince of thy people” (Ex. 22:28). since, although in the true sense the judge is God, he also gives people the power to judge, those to whom this is entrusted, as those who are like God in this, are called gods. But those who do not judge righteously and do not hold the scales of judgment steadfastly, the truthful Judge here denounces and foretells His future truthful judgment. Ps.81:2. How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? “How long will you judge unrighteousness and accept the faces of sinners?” How long will it take you not to pronounce impartial judgment, and to refuse to expose the lies of strong and lawless people? How long will it take to despise those living in poverty and those offended by the powerful? Ps.81:3. Give justice to the poor and the orphan; Give justice to the oppressed and the poor. “Judge the poor and the poor, justify the lowly and the poor.” Both of them need help. Ps.81:4. Deliver the poor and needy; pluck him out of the hand of the wicked. “Deliver the poor and the wretched, deliver them from the hand of the sinner.” - Under your command, when you are entrusted with the right of justice, let the beggar not be given into the hands of the offender. Ps.81:5. They don’t know, they don’t understand, they walk in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaking. “Without knowledge, below understanding, they walk in darkness.” But they did not want to know any of this, they did not want to be illuminated by the light of My words; and therefore they live, as if remaining in the night and in darkness. “Let all the foundations of the earth move.” Because of this untruth 20, life is full of confusion and unrest, and the earth is shaken by continuous disasters. Ps.81:6. I said: you are gods, and you are all sons of the Most High. “Az reh: you are gods and sons of the Most High.” I honored you, made known to you My name, and called you My sons. Ps.81:7. But you will die like men and fall like any prince. “You, like men, are dying, and like you alone are falling from princes.” And Symmachus translated this: “you, like men, will die, and like one of the princes you will fall”; because, not recognizing your own honor, you were subjected to the same thing that the devil, to whom I had entrusted the leadership, fell, and who did not want to use what was given to him as he should, and lost his honor. And you will suffer the same death as other people, without gaining any glory after death. Thus, the prophetic word, having denounced the unrighteous judges, begs the true and just Judge to create judgment for the universe. Ps.81:6. Arise, O God, judge the earth, for You will inherit all nations. “Rise up, O God, judge the earth: for You are the inheritor of all nations.” – This directly makes clear the judgment of the Lord Christ, for to Him, according to His humanity, the Father said: “Ask of Me, and I will give You the tongues of Your inheritance, and Your inheritance the ends of the earth” (Ps. 2:8). The Prophet begs him to appear soon and judge righteously, and to dismiss untruthful judges, and leave the property of the Jews, take over the property of the pagans, and grant salvation to all people. Instead of the usual reading: “ταύτης ἔνεκα τῆς ἀληθειας,” another is preferred here: “ταύτης ἔνεκα τῆς ἀδικίας.” You might be interested in: