Psalm 82

A Cry for Justice

A psalm of Asaph.

82God is in charge of the great meeting;

he judges among the “gods.”

²He says, “How long will you defend evil people?

How long will you show greater kindness to the wicked?

Selah

³Defend the weak and the orphans;

defend the rights of the poor and suffering.

⁴Save the weak and helpless;

free them from the power of the wicked.

⁵“You know nothing. You don’t understand.

You walk in the dark,

while the world is falling apart.

⁶I said, ‘You are “gods.”

You are all sons of God Most High.’

⁷But you will die like any other person;

you will fall like all the leaders.”

⁸God, come and judge the earth,

because you own all the nations.