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Psalm 82 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

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A Psalm of Asaph.

God stands in the divine assembly;

He judges among the gods (divine beings).

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How long will you judge unjustly

And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

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Vindicate the weak and fatherless;

Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

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Rescue the weak and needy;

Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

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The rulers do not know nor do they understand;

They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];

All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

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I said, “You are [fn]gods;

Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.

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“Nevertheless you will die like men

And fall like any one of the princes.”

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Arise, O God, judge the earth!

For to You belong all the nations.

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AMP Footnotes
Most of the ancient rabbis understood the idea of “gods” referring to judges, but some applied vv 6, 7 to the Israelites at Sinai and maintained that they would have become immortal as a result of accepting the Law, if only they had not committed the sin of the golden calf.
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