Pslam 82

Psalm 82

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Psalm 82

A Psalm of Asaph.

 ¹GOD STANDS in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates or judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods.    ²How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
    ³Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy.
    ⁴Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.
    ⁵[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking.
    ⁶I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.^{(A)
    7}But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes.
    ⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.^(B)
   

Cross references:

1. Psalm 82:6 : John 10:34-36; Rom 13:1, 2
2. Psalm 82:8 : Rev 11:15