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 is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

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

How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah)

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

Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

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

Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

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

They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

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

I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

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

But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

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

Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.