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

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

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

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

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

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

Let the weak and needy escape, Deliver 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 did not know, nor do they understand, They habitually walk in darkness, All the foundations of earth are moved.

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

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

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

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

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

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