Psalms 82

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

God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods.

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

How long will all of you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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

Deliver the poor and needy: rid 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 will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

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

I have said, All of you are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

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

But all of you 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 you shall inherit all nations.