Psalms 82

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

A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.

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

How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

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

Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

5 They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.

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

I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.

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

But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.

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

O God, arise, therefore iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.