Psalms 82

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 82?

  1. Psalm 82 (In Blackest Darkness) — Brian Sauvé (2025) Psalms 82:1

    The song opens with a direct reference to God standing in the assembly of gods, which echoes the imagery found in Psalm 82:1, where God presides over the divine council.

Psalms 82 (King James Version)

1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.