Psalm 82

A Plea For Righteous Judgment 

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                                    1 {A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.                                

                                    1 A Psalm of Asaph.God takes His (A)stand in (a)His own congregation;He (B)judges in the midst of the (b)(C)rulers.                                

                                    1 {A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.                                

                                    1 A psalm of Asaph.(A)God has taken His place in the divine assembly;He judges among the gods:(a)(B)                                

                                    1  God takes his stand in the divine assembly; among the divine beings he renders judgment:                                
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                                    2 How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Selah.                                

                                    2 How long will you (D)judge unjustlyAnd (E)show partiality to the wicked? (c)Selah.                                

                                    2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.                                

                                    2 “How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to the wicked?(C)Selah                                

                                    2 "How long will you judge partially by showing favor on the wicked? Interlude                                
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                                    3 Defend the poor and fatherless, see that such as be in need and necessity have right.                                

                                    3 (F)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.                                

                                    3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.                                

                                    3 Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.(D)                                

                                    3 "Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor.                                
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                                    4 Deliver the outcast and poor, and save them from the hand of the ungodly.                                

                                    4 (G)Rescue the weak and needy;Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.                                

                                    4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.                                

                                    4 Rescue the poor and needy;save them from the power of the wicked.”(E)                                

                                    4 Rescue the poor and the needy, delivering them from the power of the wicked.                                
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                                    5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.                                

                                    5 They (H)do not know nor do they understand;They (I)walk about in darkness;All the (J)foundations of the earth are shaken.                                

                                    5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.                                

                                    5 They do not know or understand;they wander in darkness.(F)All the foundations of the earth are shaken.(G)                                

                                    5 They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.                                
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                                    6 I have said, "Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the most highest.                                

                                    6 (d)I (K)said, “You are gods,And all of you are (L)sons of the Most High.                                

                                    6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.                                

                                    6 I said, “You are gods;(H)you are all sons of the Most High.(I)                                

                                    6 "Indeed I said, "You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.                                
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                                    7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the tyrants."                                

                                    7 “Nevertheless (M)you will die like menAnd fall like any (N)one of the princes.”                                

                                    7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.                                

                                    7 However, you will die like menand fall like any other ruler.”(J)                                

                                    7 However, as all human beings do, you will die, and like other rulers, you will fall.'                                
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                                    8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth, for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance.                                

                                    8 (O)Arise, O God, (P)judge the earth!For it is You who (Q)possesses all the nations.                                

                                    8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.                                

                                    8 Rise up, God, judge the earth,for all the nations belong to You.(K)                                

                                    8 Arise, God, to judge the earth, for all nations belong to you. A song. A Psalm of Asaph