Psalms 82

1 A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

A Psalm of Asaph. God has stood in the synagogue of gods, but, in their midst, he decides between gods.

2 How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

How long will you judge unjustly and favor the faces of sinners?

3 Defend the poor and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

Judge for the indigent and the orphan. Do justice to the humble and the poor.

4 Rescue the poor and needy; take them out of the hand of the wicked.

Rescue the poor, and free the needy from the hand of the sinner.

5 They neither know nor understand; they wander around in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth crumble.

They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.

6 I said, “You are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.

I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.

7 Nevertheless you will die like men and fall like one of the princes.”

But you will die like men, and you will fall just like one of the princes.

8 Arise, God, judge the earth, for you have an inheritance in all the nations.

Rise up, O God. Judge the earth. For you will inherit it with all the nations.