Psalm 82 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Rescue the Weak and Needy

Psa 82:1

Psa 82:1A Psalm of Asaph.
God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

Psa 82:2

Psa 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Psa 82:3

Psa 82:3Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Psa 82:4

Psa 82:4Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Psa 82:5

Psa 82:5They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Psa 82:6

Psa 82:6I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;

Psa 82:7

Psa 82:7nevertheless, like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[fn]

Psa 82:8

Psa 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall inherit all the nations!

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ESV Footnotes

(82:7)

Or fall as one man, O princes

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