82
God Presides in the Divine Assembly
 
A Psalm of Asaph.
 
God presides in the divine assembly;
He renders judgment among the gods:
 
“How long will you judge unjustly *Or How long will you defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Rescue the weak and needy;
save them from the hand of the wicked.
They do not know or understand;
they wander in the darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
I have said, ‘You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.’Cited in John 10:34
But like mortals you will die,
and like rulers you will fall.”
 
Arise, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are Your inheritance.

*82:2 Or How long will you defend the unjust

82:6 Cited in John 10:34