Psalm 82:6-8

6. I [God the Son] say, " you are gods; you are all children of the Most High.

7. But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler."

8. Rise up, O God [the Son] and judge the earth, for all the nations are your [the Son’s] inheritance!

In John 10:30 (read John 10:22-40), Jesus (Yeshua) declares, “I and the Father are one” – that is, (Jesus) is God. The non-believers quickly accuse Him of blasphemy. In affirming He is God, Jesus alludes to Psalm 82:6-8 and interprets these versus for them. In verse 6, the human beings who receive “the Word [God the Son]” are made into “gods.” Thus, it stands to reason that the Word Himself (i.e. Jesus Christ – Word became flesh) should be God.

Verse 8 must be God the Father addressing the Son as “God,” since God the Father cannot have the earth as an inheritance; only as a possession. The Father, however, can give the earth to God the Son as an inheritance.

It should be noted that God the Father calling the Son “God” is not limited to Psalm 82:8; the writer of Hebrews says God the Father calls the Son “God” in Psalm 45:6-7 (Hebrews 1:8-9). Psalm 82 also parallels the prophecies that God the Father would give Israel (Deuteronomy 32:8-9) and the nations to his Anointed Son (Dan 7:13-14). The Great Commission verse (Matthew 28:18-19) also comes into mind when one reads Psalm 82:

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has
been given to me. So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations: Baptize them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”