Psalm 82

English Standard Version

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of ^(A)Asaph.

82 ^(B)God ^(C)has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of ^(D)the gods he ^(E)holds judgment:
²“How long will you judge unjustly
    and ^(F)show partiality to ^(G)the wicked? Selah
³^(H)Give justice to ^(I)the weak and the fatherless;
    ^(J)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
⁴^(K)Rescue the weak and the needy;
    ^(L)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

⁵^(M)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
^(N)they walk about in darkness;
^(O)all the foundations of the earth are ^(P)shaken.

⁶^(Q)I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
⁷nevertheless, like men ^(R)you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”^[a]

⁸^(S)Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall ^(T)inherit all the nations!

Footnotes

Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes

Psalm 89:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶For ^(A)who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
    ^(B)Who among the heavenly beings^[a] is like the Lord,
⁷a God greatly ^(C)to be feared in the council of ^(D)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all ^(E)who are around him?
⁸O Lord God of hosts,
    ^(F)who is mighty as you are, O ^(G)Lord,
    with your faithfulness all around you?