Psalms 82

1 God gathers all the [rulers and judges who think they are] gods for a meeting in heaven; and he tells them that he has decided this:

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the assembly of God, he judgeth among the gods.

2 “You must [RHQ] stop judging [people] unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked [people]!

How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? (Selah)

3 You must defend [people who are] poor and orphans; you must act fairly toward those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.

Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

4 Rescue them from the power [MTY] of evil [people] [DOU]!”

Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

5 [Those rulers] do not know or understand anything! They are very corrupt/evil, and [as a result of their corrupt/evil behavior], [it is as though] the foundation of the world is being shaken!

They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

6 I [the all-powerful God, previously] said to them, “You think you are gods! [It is as though] you are all my sons,

I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High;

7 but you will die like people do; your lives will end, like the lives of all rulers end.”

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

8 God, arise and judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth, because all the people-groups belong to you!

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all the nations.