# Psalm 82 (New King James Version)
A Plea for Justice

##### Chapter 82
###### 1 God stands in the congregation of the mighty;  
He judges among the gods.  

###### 2 How long will you judge unjustly,  
And show partiality to the wicked? _Selah_  

###### 3 Defend the poor and fatherless;  
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.  

###### 4 Deliver the poor and needy;  
Free _them_ from the hand of the wicked.

###### 5 They do not know, nor do they understand;  
They walk about in darkness;  
All the foundations of the earth are unstable.

###### 6 I said, "You _are_ gods,  
And all of you _are_ children of the Most High.  

###### 7 But you shall die like men,  
And fall like one of the princes."

###### 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;  
For You shall inherit all nations.