Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Darby Translation

Psalms 82

1A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the assembly ofGod, he judgeth among thegods. 2How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the person of the wicked? Selah. 3Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute; 4Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved. 6I have said, Ye aregods, and all of you are children of the Most High; 7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8Arise, OGod, judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all the nations.

John Nelson Darby Translation (1890). Public domain or openly redistributable. Confirm the exact edition before public display if text is later imported.