Psalm 82

Psalm 82 – God the Upholder of Justice

A psalm of Asaph.

1God has taken his stand

in the divine assembly:

in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

2‘How long will you crookedly judge,

and favour the wicked? Selah

3Do right by the weak and the orphan,

acquit the innocent poor.

4Rescue the weak and the needy,

save them from the hand of the wicked.

5‘They have neither knowledge nor insight,

in darkness they walk to and fro,

while the earth’s foundations totter.

6It was I who appointed you gods,

children of the Most High all of you.

7Yet like mortals you will surely die,

you will fall like any prince.’

8Arise, O God, judge the earth,

for all nations are yours by inheritance.