Psalm 82

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Psalm 82 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 82

A Plea for Justice

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹God 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
³Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
    maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
⁴Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

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

⁶I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;
⁷nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
and fall like any prince.”^[a]

⁸Rise up, O God, judge the earth;
for all the nations belong to you!

Footnotes:

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

New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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