Psalms 82

1 A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:

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 ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

3 Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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

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

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

5 They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

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

6 I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High.

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

7 Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and 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 the earth; for Thou shalt possess all nations.

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