Psalms 82

1A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.Cross-references: Ex 18:21 · Ex 21:6 · Ex 22:28 · 2Chr 19:6 · Ps 58:11 · Ps 82:6 · +4 more

2“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.Cross-references: Ex 10:3 · Ex 23:6 · Lev 19:15 · Deut 1:17 · 1Ki 18:21 · 2Chr 19:7 · +8 more

3“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.Cross-references: Deut 10:18 · Deut 24:17 · Ps 10:18 · Isa 1:17 · Isa 1:23 · Jer 5:28 · +3 more

4Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”Cross-references: Neh 5:1 · Job 5:15 · Job 29:12 · Job 29:16 · Ps 72:12 · Ps 140:12 · +1 more

5They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.Cross-references: Ps 11:3 · Ps 14:4 · Ps 53:4 · Ps 75:3 · Prov 1:29 · Prov 2:13 · +11 more

6I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.Cross-references: Ex 22:9 · Ex 22:28 · Ps 82:1 · John 10:34

7Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”Cross-references: Job 21:32 · Ps 49:12 · Ps 83:11 · Ezek 31:14

8Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.Cross-references: Ps 2:8 · Ps 7:6 · Ps 12:5 · Ps 22:28 · Ps 44:26 · Ps 96:13 · +6 more