Gods; not gods falsely so called, as some would have it, as appears by 1Ki_18:27Jer_10:11; but magistrates and governors, whether civil or ecclesiastical, as it is evident both from Act_23:3-5 and from the following words, which explain the former, according to the common use of Scripture, and from the title of gods commonly given to such, as Exo_7:1Psa_82:6Joh_10:34,35.
The ruler of thy people. Compare /APC Sir_10:20, Jud_1:8.