2-Jul-15

Psalms 82

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of Asaph.

82:1   God has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2   “How long will you judge unjustly
    and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3   Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
    maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4   Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”


5   They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    they walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.


6   I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
7   nevertheless, like men you shall die,
    and fall like any prince.”¹


8   Arise, O God, judge the earth;
    for you shall inherit all the nations!

Footnotes

[1] 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes

(ESV)