Psalm 82

A Rebuke of Unjust Judgments

¹God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;

he judgeth among the gods.

²How long will ye judge unjustly,

and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

³Defend the poor and fatherless:

do justice to the afflicted and needy.

⁴Deliver the poor and needy:

rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

⁵They know not, neither will they understand;

they walk on in darkness:

all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

⁶I have said, Ye are gods;[#John 10.34.]

and all of you are children of the Most High.

⁷But ye shall die like men,

and fall like one of the princes.

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth:

for thou shalt inherit all nations.