Psalm 82:1–8

1  mGod nhas taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of pthe gods he qholds judgment:

2  “How long will you judge unjustly

and rshow partiality to sthe wicked? Selah

3  tGive justice to uthe weak and the fatherless;

vmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

4  wRescue the weak and the needy;

xdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5  yThey have neither knowledge nor understanding,

zthey walk about in darkness;

aall the foundations of the earth are bshaken.

6  cI said, “You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you;

7  nevertheless, like men dyou shall die,

and fall like any prince.”1

8  eArise, O God, judge the earth;

for you shall finherit all the nations!