Chapter 82

Prayer for justice


A psalm of Asaph

1

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

2

How long will ye suffer them to judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

3

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

4

Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

5

They know not; neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

6

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High.

7

But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes.

8

Arise, O God; judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all nations.