A Psalm of Asaph.
Elohim standeth in the congregation of the mighty [or, of El]; he judgeth among the gods [elohim].
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the
earth are out of course.
I have said, Ye are gods [or, elohim]; and all of you are children of Gneliōn.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Arise, O Elohim, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
82:1Elohim judges in the assembly of El and among the elohim (comp. ver. 6 and John 10:34, 3534Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; (John 10:34‑35), and supra); his judgment of them and 3, 4 of their duty; 5-7 their state and that of the earth (qy., land); 8 he must judge to possess it and the goim.