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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

5They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases 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;

6I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons 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.

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

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.

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