Psalm 82 (Amplified Version)

¹GOD STANDS in the assembly of the representatives of God; in the midst of the judges He gives judgment as among the gods.

²How long will you judges judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Calmly think of that!

³Do justice to the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy.

⁴Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.

⁵The 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.

⁶I said, You are gods since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.

⁷But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes.

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.