Psalms 82

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

A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.

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

How long will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? (Pause)

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

Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.

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

Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

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

They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

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

I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.

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

But you die as men, and fall as one of the princes.

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

Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.