# Psalms 82 [[Psalms 81|←]] • [[Psalms 83|→]] --- A Psalm of Asaph. ### 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. ### 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. ### 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. ### 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid out of the hand of the wicked. ### 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. ### 6 I have said, Ye gods; and all of you children of the most High. ### 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. ### 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.