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The Holy Bible

King James Version

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 82

  

God’s Demand for Justice

A Psalm of Asaph.

1God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;
he judgeth among the gods.

  2 How long will ye 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.