Psalms 82

1 A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among 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 wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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