Psalms 82

1 God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

1--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

1 God standeth in the assembly ofGod, he judgeth among thegods.

2How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

2 How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.

3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

3 Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

4Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

4 Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

5They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

5 They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

6I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

6I--I have said, `Gods ye <FI>are<Fi> , And sons of the Most High--all of you,

6 I have said, Ye aregods, and all of you are children of the Most High;

7But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

7But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

8Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.

8Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

8 Arise, OGod, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all the nations.