Rescue the Weak and Needy
A Psalm of (A)Asaph.
82 (B)God (C)has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of (D)the gods he (E)holds judgment:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and (F)show partiality to (G)the wicked? Selah
3 (H)Give justice to (I)the weak and the fatherless;
(J)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 (K)Rescue the weak and the needy;
(L)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5 (M)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
(N)they walk about in darkness;
(O)all the foundations of the earth are (P)shaken.
6 (Q)I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men (R)you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[a]
8 (S)Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall (T)inherit all the nations!
Footnotes
- Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes
Cross references
- Psalm 82:1 : See Ps. 50, title
- Psalm 82:1 : [2 Chr. 19:5, 6; Eccles. 5:8]
- Psalm 82:1 : Isa. 3:13
- Psalm 82:1 : [1 Sam. 28:13]
- Psalm 82:1 : See Ps. 58:11
- Psalm 82:2 : Deut. 1:17
- Psalm 82:2 : Prov. 18:5
- Psalm 82:3 : Ps. 10:18
- Psalm 82:3 : Ps. 41:1
- Psalm 82:3 : Jer. 22:3
- Psalm 82:4 : Job 29:12
- Psalm 82:4 : Prov. 24:11
- Psalm 82:5 : [Mic. 3:1]; See Ps. 14:4
- Psalm 82:5 : Prov. 2:13
- Psalm 82:5 : See Ps. 11:3
- Psalm 82:5 : Ps. 10:6
- Psalm 82:6 : ver. 1; Cited John 10:34
- Psalm 82:7 : Ps. 49:12; Job 21:32; Ezek. 31:14; See Ezek. 28:2-10
- Psalm 82:8 : See Ps. 12:5
- Psalm 82:8 : Ps. 2:8; [Rev. 11:15]