Psalm 82

God Commands Justice

82A psalm of Asaph.^a

¹God stands in the divine assembly;^b

he administers judgment in the midst of the gods.^c

²“How long will you judge unjustly

and show favoritism to the wicked?^d Selah

³Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan;

provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.

⁴Rescue the helpless and the needy;

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

⁵They do not know or consider.^e

They go about in the darkness,

so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶I have said,^f “You are gods,

and sons of the Most High, all of you.

⁷However, you will die like men,^g

and you will fall like one of the princes.”

⁸Rise up, O God, judge the earth,

because you shall inherit^h all the nations.