82:1 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.
82:2 How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
82:3 Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy.
82:4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.
82:5 [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.
82:6 I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.
82:7 But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes.
82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.
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