Psalms 82

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

A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

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

How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

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

Defend the poor and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

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

Rescue the poor and needy; take them out of 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 neither know nor understand; they wander around in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth crumble.

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

I said, “You are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.

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

Nevertheless you will die like men and fall like one of the princes.”

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

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you have an inheritance in all the nations.