Psalm 82 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 82

A Plea for Justice

A Psalm of Asaph.

1God has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2“How long will you judge unjustly
    and show partiality to the wicked?Selah
3Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
    maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
4Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk around in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;
7nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
and fall like any prince.”[a]

8Rise up, O God, judge the earth;
for all the nations belong to you!

Footnotes

Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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