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 hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

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

How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

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

Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

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

Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy 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 have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

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 the sons of the most High.

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

But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

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

Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.