Psalms 82 YLT
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.
1--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.
2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.
6I--I have said, `Gods ye are, And sons of the Most High--all of you,
7But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,
8Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!
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