Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.

They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the (A)foundations of the earth are [a]unstable.

I said, (B)“You are [b]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:5 moved
  2. Psalm 82:6 Judges; Heb. elohim, lit. mighty ones or gods

Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(A)
    They walk about in darkness;(B)
    all the foundations(C) of the earth are shaken.

“I said, ‘You are “gods”;(D)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’

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