Psalms 82

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

— A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

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

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)

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

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

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

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

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

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

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

I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,

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

But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

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

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!