Psalms 82

1 A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?

3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

4 Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

5 They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

7 But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 O God, arise, therefore iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.