PSALMS
CHAPTER 82

A psalm of Asaph.

¹ God presides in the great assembly;
he gives judgment among the "gods":

² "How long will you ^[1] defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
³ Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
⁴ Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵ "They know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶ "I said, 'You are "gods";
you are all sons of the Most High.'
⁷ But you will die like mere men;
you will fall like every other ruler."

⁸ Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.

Footnotes

1. 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.

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