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Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of Asaph.

 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.”^[a]

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

Footnotes:

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

Cross references:

1. Psalm 82:1 : See Ps. 50, title
2. Psalm 82:1 : [2 Chr. 19:5, 6; Eccles. 5:8]
3. Psalm 82:1 : Isa. 3:13
4. Psalm 82:1 : [1 Sam. 28:13]
5. Psalm 82:1 : See Ps. 58:11
6. Psalm 82:2 : Deut. 1:17
7. Psalm 82:2 : Prov. 18:5
8. Psalm 82:3 : Ps. 10:18
9. Psalm 82:3 : Ps. 41:1
10. Psalm 82:3 : Jer. 22:3
11. Psalm 82:4 : Job 29:12
12. Psalm 82:4 : Prov. 24:11
13. Psalm 82:5 : [Mic. 3:1]; See Ps. 14:4
14. Psalm 82:5 : Prov. 2:13
15. Psalm 82:5 : See Ps. 11:3
16. Psalm 82:5 : Ps. 10:6
17. Psalm 82:6 : ver. 1; Cited John 10:34
18. Psalm 82:7 : Ps. 49:12; Job 21:32; Ezek. 31:14; See Ezek. 28:2-10
19. Psalm 82:8 : See Ps. 12:5
20. Psalm 82:8 : Ps. 2:8; [Rev. 11:15]