Psalms 82

1 A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge 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 will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? (Pause)

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

3 Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.

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

4 Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

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

5 They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

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

6 I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.

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

7 But you die as men, and fall as 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 you shall inherit all nations.

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