Psalms 82

1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. God has stood in the congregation of God, He judges among the gods.

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? (Selah)

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?

3 Judge the weak and fatherless, Declare the afflicted and the poor righteous.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

4 Let the weak and needy escape, Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

5 They did not know, nor do they understand, They habitually walk in darkness, All the foundations of earth are moved.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I have said, “You [are] gods, And sons of the Most High—all of you,

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

7 But you die as man, and you fall as one of the heads.”

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 Rise, O God, judge the earth, For You have inheritance among all the nations!

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.