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:

melody to/for Asaph God to stand in/on/with congregation God in/on/with entrails: among God to judge

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

till how to judge injustice and face: kindness wicked to lift: kindness (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.

to judge poor and orphan afflicted and be poor to justify

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

to escape poor and needy from hand: power wicked to 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!

not to know and not to understand in/on/with darkness to go: walk to shake all foundation land: country/planet

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 to say God you(m. p.) and son: descendant/people Most High all your

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

surely like/as man to die [emph?] and like/as one [the] ruler to fall: fall

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

to arise: rise [emph?] God to judge [emph?] [the] land: country/planet for you(m. s.) to inherit in/on/with all [the] nation