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 stands in the divine assembly; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

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

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

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

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

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

Rescue the poor and needy; take them out of 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 neither know nor understand; they wander around in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth crumble.

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

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

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

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

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

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