Psalms 82

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

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:

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

[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!

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

I [the all-powerful God, previously] said to them, “You think you are gods! [It is as though] you are all my sons,

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

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

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

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