1 > God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
2 \"How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?\" Selah.
3 \"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.\"
5 They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 I said, \"You are gods, All of you are sons of the Most High.
7 Nevertheless you shall die like men, And fall like one of the rulers.\"
8 Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.
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Today's Verse
And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.
Verse Of The DayIts declaration "Ye are gods" is later quoted by Jesus in John 10:34-36, even as the psalm insists these rulers will die like any other man for failing the poor and needy. Psalms 83 continues with a plea against Israel's enemies.
