Psalms 82

  1. 1

    A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the assembly of El; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

  2. 2

    He says, “How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

  3. 3

    Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the oppressed and suffering.

  4. 4

    Rescue the poor and needy. Deliver them from the power of the wicked.

  5. 5

    They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

  6. 6

    I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

  7. 7

    Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers.”

  8. 8

    Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.