Psalm 82:4-6

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Rescue the weak and needy;
Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

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The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.
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I said, “You are ^[a]gods;
Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.^(A)

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Footnotes

Psalm 82:6 Most of the ancient rabbis understood the idea of “gods” referring to judges, but some applied vv 6, 7 to the Israelites at Sinai and maintained that they would have become immortal as a result of accepting the Law, if only they had not committed the sin of the golden calf.