Ps. 82: Olympus

Psalm 82:8 "Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance."

God is like the head God of other gods. They have no power but to submit to God. So I wonder if these other gods have any actual power? But they are given this power. By God. Would God give power to other gods? Why? Unless I am not understanding the word "god" here in this context. Perhaps it is just powerful men. Perhaps angels. Perhaps extraterrestrial life forms? 

Anyway, in verse two, my guess is that God's voice confronts these lesser gods for being partial to the wicked. I suppose it could be man's questioning God for allowing the wicked to be successful, but God doesn't have to answer to that for any reason.

These other gods must be jerks, because they have to be told to stand up for the fatherless and to help deliver the weak and needy. They must be unfair to the poor. It is the social justice aspect that makes me think these gods are rulers of men, who are swayed by their own greed and desire for earthly things that they would neglect the neglected.

But then the high strangeness takes over in verse 6. "You are gods, sons of the Most High." The most high being God himself, presumably. Is it the fact that God ordains rulers? Or are these another race of beings with power from and under God? Angels? But they are told they will die like Adam. Like mere men. Their time is gonna come. They don't rule the way God does, they don't do things his way, therefore they can only pass away, just like every other ruler.

Maybe the 82nd Psalm ultimately serves as a bit of a reminder to rulers on the earth that they are in fact mortal and owe their power and position to one person.