Psalms 82 DBY
Summary: A striking courtroom vision: "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods" (v. 1), rebuking corrupt rulers or divine beings entrusted with justice for favoring the wicked while failing to "defend the poor and fatherless" (v. 3). Though addressed with the exalted title "Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High" (v. 6), they are condemned to "die like men, and fall like one of the princes" for their injustice (v. 7). The psalm closes with a plea for God himself to rise and judge the earth, since all nations belong to him as his inheritance.
1A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the assembly ofGod, he judgeth among thegods.
2How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah.
3Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
4Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
5They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
6I have said, Ye aregods, and all of you are children of the Most High;
7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8Arise, OGod, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all the nations.
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