Chapter 82

  1. Rescue the Weak and Needy A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment :
  2. How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?
  3. Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
  4. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
  5. They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  6. I said, You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
  7. nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.
  8. Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!