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 standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:

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

'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

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

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

Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of 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 know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

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

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

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

Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.'

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

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Thou shalt possess all nations.