Psalm 82 - New International Version (Anglicised)

Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

¹ God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the ‘gods’:

² ‘How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?

³ Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵ ‘The “gods” know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

⁶ ‘I said, “You are ‘gods’; you are all sons of the Most High.”

⁷ But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler.’

⁸ Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.