# Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph. 
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1. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 
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2. “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 
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3. Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 
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4. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 
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5. They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 
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6. I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; 
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7. nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.” 
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8. Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations! 

(ESV)