Psalm 82:1; Psalm 82:2–8

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Psalm 82:1

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of lAsaph.

mGod nhas taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of pthe gods he qholds judgment:


Psalm 82:2–8

How long will you judge unjustly

and rshow partiality to sthe wicked? Selah

tGive justice to uthe weak and the fatherless;

vmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

wRescue the weak and the needy;

xdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.

yThey have neither knowledge nor understanding,

zthey walk about in darkness;

aall the foundations of the earth are bshaken.

cI said, You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you;

nevertheless, like men dyou shall die,

and fall like any prince.1

eArise, O God, judge the earth;

for you shall finherit all the nations!