New Living Translation

Psalms • Chapter 82

1 God (Elohim) presides over heaven’s court;<br>he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings:<br> 2 “How long will you hand down unjust decisions<br>by favoring the wicked? <i>Interlude</i><br> 3 “Give justice to the poor and the orphan;<br>uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.<br> 4 Rescue the poor and helpless;<br>deliver them from the grasp of evil people.<br> 5 But these oppressors know nothing;<br>they are so ignorant!<br>They wander about in darkness,<br>while the whole world is shaken to the core.<br> 6 I say, ‘You are gods;<br>you are all children of the Most High.<br> 7 But you will die like mere mortals<br>and fall like every other ruler.’”<br> 8 Rise up, O God (Elohim), and judge the earth,<br>for all the nations belong to you.<br>