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 has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

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

“How long will you crookedly judge, and favor the wicked? (Selah)

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

Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

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

Rescue the weak and the 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 have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

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

It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

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

Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.”

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

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