Psalms 82

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

A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

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

How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

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

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

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

Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

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 can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

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

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

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

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

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

Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.