Psalms 82

 

Psalms 82

 

¹ God presides in the great assembly;

he renders judgment among the “gods”:

 

² “How long will you defend the unjust

and show partiality to the wicked?

 

³ Defend the weak and the fatherless;

uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

 

⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy;

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

 

⁵ “The ‘gods’ 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 mortals;

you will fall like every other ruler.”

 

⁸ Rise up, O God, judge the earth,

for all the nations are your inheritance.