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 standeth in God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of the gods.

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

“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

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

Defend the poor and the fatherless; Do justice to the wretched and the needy!

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

Deliver the poor and the destitute; Save 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 are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.

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

I have said, Ye are gods, And all of you 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 like men, And fall like the rest of the princes.”

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

Arise, O God! judge the earth! For all the nations are thy possession.