Psalms 82

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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