Psalm 81:7-82:5

English Standard Version

⁷In distress you ^(A)called, and I delivered you;
    I ^(B)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
    I ^(C)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
⁸^(D)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
⁹There shall be no ^(E)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a ^(F)foreign god.
¹⁰^(G)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    ^(H)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹“But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(I)would not submit to me.
¹²So I ^(J)gave them over to their ^(K)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(L)counsels.
¹³^(M)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(N)walk in my ways!
¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(O)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵Those who hate the Lord would ^(P)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶But he would feed you^[a] with ^(Q)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(R)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of ^(S)Asaph.

82 ^(T)God ^(U)has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of ^(V)the gods he ^(W)holds judgment:
²“How long will you judge unjustly
    and ^(X)show partiality to ^(Y)the wicked? Selah
³^(Z)Give justice to ^(AA)the weak and the fatherless;
    ^(AB)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
⁴^(AC)Rescue the weak and the needy;
    ^(AD)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”