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The Holy Bible
The Book of Psalms
Psalm 82

  

God’s Demand for Justice

A Psalm of Asaph.

1GOD presides in the Divine Assembly;
He pronounces judgment among the ‘gods’.

  2 “How long will you judge unjustly,
and show partiality to the wicked?  Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the rights of the poor and destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”   5 They do not know, nor do they understand;
they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.   6 “I have said, ‘You are “gods”;
You are all sons of the Most High’. 7 But you will die like men do,
and fall like any other ruler.”   8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for all the nations are Your possession.