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Psalm 82
New King James Version

### A Plea for Justice

#### A Psalm of Asaph.

82 God (A)stands in the congregation of [a]the mighty;
He judges among (B)the [b]gods.
2 How long will you judge unjustly,
And (C)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 [c]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and (D)needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.

5 They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the (E)foundations of the earth are [d]unstable.

6 I said, (F)“You are [e]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
7 But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;
(G)For You shall inherit all nations.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 82:1 Heb. El, lit. God
2. Psalm 82:1 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods
3. Psalm 82:3 Vindicate
4. Psalm 82:5 moved
5. Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 82:1 : [2 Chr. 19:6; Eccl. 5:8]
2. Psalm 82:1 : Ps. 82:6
3. Psalm 82:2 : [Deut. 1:17]; Prov. 18:5
4. Psalm 82:3 : [Deut. 24:17; Is. 11:4; Jer. 22:16]
5. Psalm 82:5 : Ps. 11:3
6. Psalm 82:6 : John 10:34
7. Psalm 82:8 : Ps. 2:8; [Rev. 11:15]

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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