Psalms 82

A Psalm by Asaph.

¹God presides in the great assembly.
He judges among the gods.
²“How long will you judge unjustly,
and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

³“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
⁴Rescue the weak and needy.
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
⁵They don’t know, neither do they understand.
They walk back and forth in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
⁶I said, “You are gods,
all of you are sons of the Most High.
⁷Nevertheless you shall die like men,
and fall like one of the rulers.”
⁸Arise, God, judge the earth,
for you inherit all of the nations. A song. A Psalm by Asaph.