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 God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of 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 unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

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.

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

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

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

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 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 the rest 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 all the nations are thy possession.