Psalm 82 – God the Upholder of Justice

A psalm of Asaph.

82 God 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

3 Do right by the weak and the orphan,

acquit the innocent poor.

4 Rescue 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.

6 It was I who appointed you gods,

children of the Most High all of you.

7 Yet like mortals you will surely die,

you will fall like any prince.’

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth,

for all nations are yours by inheritance.