Psalms 82

1 — A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

“A psalm of Asaph.” God standeth in God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of the gods.

2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)

“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

3 Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

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

4 Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

Deliver the poor and the destitute; Save them from the hand of the wicked!

5 They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

They are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.

6 I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,

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

7 But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

But ye shall die like men, And fall like the rest of the princes.”

8 Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

Arise, O God! judge the earth! For all the nations are thy possession.