Psalms 82

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

A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.

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

How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

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

Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

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

Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

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

They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.

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

I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.

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

But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.

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

O God, arise, therefore iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.