the-bible/ESV/19_Psalms/Chapter_82.md

Rescue the Weak and Needy

Chapter 82

1. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

2. "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

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

4. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

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

6. I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;

7. nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince."

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