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## Psalms 82:1-7 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/psalms/82/1) God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.*
 
 [2 ](/kjv/psalms/82/2) How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/psalms/82/3) Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/psalms/82/4) Deliver the poor and needy: rid *them* out of the hand of the wicked.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/psalms/82/5) They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.*
 
 [6 ](/kjv/psalms/82/6) I have said, Ye *are* gods; and all of you *are* children of the most High.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/psalms/82/7) But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/psalms/82/8) Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
 
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