rsv Psalms:82:2-8
rsv@Psalms:82:2 @ God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
rsv@Psalms:82:3 @ "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:82:4 @ Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
rsv@Psalms:82:5 @ Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
rsv@Psalms:82:6 @ They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
rsv@Psalms:82:7 @ I say, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
rsv@Psalms:82:8 @ nevertheless, you shall die like men, and fall like any prince." [ (Psalms strkjv@82:9) Arise, O God, judge the earth; for to thee belong all the nations! ]