Psalms 82

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

A PSALM OF ASAPH. God has stood in the congregation of God, He judges among the gods.

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

Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? (Selah)

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

Judge the weak and fatherless, Declare the afflicted and the poor righteous.

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

Let the weak and needy escape, Deliver 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 did not know, nor do they understand, They habitually walk in darkness, All the foundations of earth are moved.

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

I have said, “You [are] gods, And sons of the Most High—all of you,

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

But you die as man, and you fall as one of the heads.”

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

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For You have inheritance among all the nations!