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

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

How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (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.

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

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

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

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 can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

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

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

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

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

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