82. Rebuke of Israel's Urgent Judges
Psa 82:1
<A Psalm of Asaph.> God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.Psa 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.Psa 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Psa 82:4
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.Psa 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.Psa 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.Psa 82:7
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.Psa 82:8
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.