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 stands in the divine assembly; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

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

How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

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

Defend the poor and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

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

Rescue the poor and needy; take 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 neither know nor understand; they wander around in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth crumble.

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

I said, “You are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.

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

Nevertheless you will 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, God, judge the earth, for you have an inheritance in all the nations.