psalm

A Plea for Justice

A Psalm of Asaph.

82 
God has taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

“How long will you judge unjustly

and show partiality to the wicked?Selah

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;

maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Rescue the weak and the needy;

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

They have neither knowledge nor understanding,

they walk about in darkness;

all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I say, “You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you;

nevertheless, you shall die like men,

and fall like any prince.”[a]

Arise, O God, judge the earth;

for to thee belong all the nations!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes