Psalms 82

1 A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

2 How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

3 Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

4 Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.

Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

5 They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

6 I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

7 But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

8 Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.