Psalms 82

1 A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

“A psalm of Assaph.” God standeth in the congregation of God, in the midst of judges doth he judge.

2 How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

How long will ye judge unjustly, and treat with favor the face of the wicked? (Selah)

3 Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

Judge uprightly the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and indigent.

4 Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

Release the poor and needy: deliver them out of the power of the wicked.

5 They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

They know not, nor will they understand; in darkness do they walk on: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

6 I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

I have indeed said, Ye are gods; and children of the most High are all of you.

7 But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

But verily like men shall ye die, and like one of the princes shall ye fall.

8 Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou wilt possess all the nations.