Psalms 82:6
I have said, ‘You are gods;
What it says
God had said that they were gods, all of them sons of the Most High.
What it is doing
This verse acknowledges the dignity and delegated status of their office.
In context
1A Psalm of Asaph. 2“How long will you judge unjustly 3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; 4Rescue the weak and needy; 5They do not know or understand; 6I have said, ‘You are gods; 7But like mortals you will die, 8Arise, O God, judge the earth,