God Commands Justice

82 A psalm of Asaph.a

1 God 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

3 Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan;

provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.

4 Rescue the helpless and the needy;

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5 They do not know or consider.e

They go about in the darkness,

so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I have said,f “You are gods,

and sons of the Most High, all of you.

7 However, you will die like men,g

and you will fall like one of the princes.”

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,

because you shall inherith all the nations.