Psalm 82

A Psalm of Asaph.

1        In gods' assembly God doth stand;

                   he judgeth gods among.

2        How long, accepting persons vile,

                   will ye give judgment wrong?

3        Defend the poor and fatherless;

                   to poor oppress'd do right.

4        The poor and needy ones set free;

                    rid them from ill men's might.

5        They know not, nor will understand;

                   in darkness they walk on:

          All the foundations of the earth

                   out of their course are gone.

6        I said that ye are gods, and are

                   sons of the Highest all:

7        But ye shall die like men, and as

                   one of the princes fall.

8        O God, do thou raise up thyself,

                   the earth to judgment call:

          For thou, as thine inheritance,

                   shalt take the nations all.