| 1 | God stands in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates
or
judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods. |
| 2 | How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 3 | Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy. |
| 4 | Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked. |
| 5 | [The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking. |
| 6 | I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High. |
| 7 | But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes. |
| 8 | Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 82:6 : John 10:34-36; Rom. 13:1, 2.
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Psalm 82:8 : Rev. 11:15.
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