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Psalms 82
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Rescue the Weak and Needy
A Psalm of 82:0 See Ps. 50, titleAsaph.

182:1 [2 Chr. 19:5, 6; Eccles. 5:8] God 82:1 Isa. 3:13has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of 82:1 [1 Sam. 28:13] the gods he 82:1 See Ps. 58:11holds judgment:
2“How long will you judge unjustly
and 82:2 Deut. 1:17show partiality to 82:2 Prov. 18:5the wicked? Selah
382:3 Ps. 10:18Give justice to 82:3 Ps. 41:1the weak and the fatherless;
82:3 Jer. 22:3maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
482:4 Job 29:12Rescue the weak and the needy;
82:4 Prov. 24:11deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

582:5 [Mic. 3:1]; See Ps. 14:4They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
82:5 Prov. 2:13they walk about in darkness;
82:5 See Ps. 11:3all the foundations of the earth are 82:5 Ps. 10:6shaken.

682:6 ver. 1; Cited John 10:34I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7nevertheless, like men 82:7 Ps. 49:12; Job 21:32; Ezek. 31:14; See Ezek. 28:2-10you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes

882:8 See Ps. 12:5Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall 82:8 Ps. 2:8; [Rev. 11:15]inherit all the nations!