Psalm 82

1. (0) A psalm of Asaf: 1 (1) Elohim [God] stands in the divine assembly; 1 there with the elohim [judges], he judges:

2. “How long will you go on judging unfairly, 2 favoring the wicked? (Selah)

3. Give justice to the weak and fatherless! 3 Uphold the rights of the wretched and poor!

4. Rescue the destitute and needy; 4 deliver them from the power of the wicked!”

5. They don’t know, they don’t understand, 5 they wander about in darkness; 5 meanwhile, all the foundations of the earth 5 are being undermined.

6. “My decree is: ‘You are elohim [gods, judges], 6 sons of the Most High all of you.

7. Nevertheless, you will die like mortals; 7 like any prince, you will fall.’”

8. Rise up, Elohim, and judge the earth; 8 for all the nations are yours.