Chapter 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.