God Stands in Judgment

¹God takes His stand in the congregation of God;[#82:1 Heb El ; the one true God]

He judges in the midst of gods.

²How long will you judge unrighteously

And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

³Give justice to the poor and the orphan;

Justify the afflicted and destitute.

⁴Protect the poor and needy;

Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

⁵¶They do not know and do not understand;

They walk about in darkness;

All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶I said, “You are gods,[#82:6 Lit I, on my part]

And all of you are sons of the Most High.

⁷“Nevertheless you will die like men

And you will fall like any one of the princes.”

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth!

For it is You who will inherit all the nations.