How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
The verse is a rebuke directed at judges for rendering unjust decisions and for showing partiality toward the wicked. It confronts them with the question of how long they will persist in such unjust judging and favoritism. The fact that this reproof is addressed to unjust judges shows that the psalm applies the title God to mortal human judges. This saying of Scripture was quoted by Christ, whose use of it affirms that Scripture cannot be broken. It calls all who judge to take its practical lesson to heart.
The verse is a rebuke directed at judges for rendering unjust decisions and for showing partiality toward the wicked. It confronts them with the question of how long they will persist in such unjust judging and favoritism. The fact that this reproof is addressed to unjust judges shows that the psalm applies the title God to mortal human judges. This saying of Scripture was quoted by Christ, whose use of it affirms that Scripture cannot be broken. It calls all who judge to take its practical lesson to heart.