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I declare: “Gods though you be,[a](A)
    offspring of the Most High all of you,
Yet like any mortal you shall die;
    like any prince you shall fall.”
Arise, O God, judge the earth,[b]
    for yours are all the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. 82:6 I declare: “Gods though you be”: in Jn 10:34 Jesus uses the verse to prove that those to whom the word of God is addressed can fittingly be called “gods.”
  2. 82:8 Judge the earth: according to Dt 32:8–9, Israel’s God had originally assigned jurisdiction over the foreign nations to the subordinate deities, keeping Israel as a personal possession. Now God will directly take over the rulership of the whole world.

“I said, ‘You are “gods”;(A)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
But you will die(B) like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

Rise up,(C) O God, judge(D) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.(E)

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