>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ps/82?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07752::c07752) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/psalms/82.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Psalms/82.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/psa/82/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Asaph, the psalmist, speaks in a divine setting, addressing earthly judges and leaders, reminding them of their responsibilities and God's supreme authority. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God wants everyone to be fair and kind to those who need help, like the poor and people who are sad. He is the one who will judge everyone in the end. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>God is portrayed as presiding over a divine council, challenging the judges and leaders to stop being unfair and to help those who are vulnerable, including the poor, fatherless, and needy. He reminds them of their divine potential as children of the Most High but warns that they will face mortality like other humans if they fail to act justly. The chapter ends with a call for God to arise and judge the earth, highlighting His ultimate authority over all nations. > >#Gospel/Justice #Gospel/DivineNature #Gospel/Agency ###### 1 1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. ###### 2 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. ###### 3 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. ###### 4 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. ###### 5 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. ###### 6 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. ###### 7 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. ###### 8 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.