Psalm 82
New American Standard Bible 2020
Chapter overview
Psalm 82 indicts rulers who favor the wicked while the weak, orphaned, poor, and oppressed remain vulnerable. Their injustice shakes society's foundations, prompting an appeal for the true judge to restore right order.
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1God takes His position in His assembly; He judges in the midst of the gods.
2How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4Rescue the weak and needy; Save them from the hand of the wicked.
5¶They do not know nor do they understand; They walk around in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6I said, “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.
7“Nevertheless you will die like men, And fall like one of the princes.”
8Arise, God, judge the earth! For You possess all the nations.
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