Psalms 82

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.

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.

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;

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 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--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 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.

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.