Psa 82:8 | NETfull | STEP | Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations. A song, a psalm of Asaph.

Psalms 82:8

Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth!
For you own ^{▼▼ The translation assumes that the Qal of נָחַל (nakhal) here means “to own; to possess,” and that the imperfect emphasizes a general truth. Another option is to translate the verb as future, “for you will take possession of all the nations” (cf. NIV “all the nations are your inheritance”).} all the nations.

Psalm 83

^{▼▼ Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated.}