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 God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of the gods.

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

“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

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

Defend the poor and the fatherless; Do justice to the wretched and the needy!

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

Deliver the poor and the destitute; 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 are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.

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

I have said, Ye are gods, And all of you children of the Most High;

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

But ye shall die like men, And fall like the rest 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 all the nations are thy possession.