Psalms 82

God Commands Justice

A psalm of Asaph.*The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm

1 God stands in the divine assembly;*Or "assembly of El "

he administers judgment in the midst of the gods.*Hebrew elohim

2 "How long will you judge unjustly

and show favoritism to the wicked?*Literally "lift up the faces of the wicked"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.*Or "understand"

They go about in the darkness,

so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I have said,*Hebrew "I, I have said" "You are gods,

and sons of the Most High, all of you.

7 However, you will die like men,*Singular

and you will fall like one of the princes."

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,

because you shall inherit*Or "receive an inheritance" all the nations.