Seems like we are screwing up big time over what the Psalmist is saying.
Psa 82:1 A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Psa 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. (this appears to be an accusation of those who were in power, judging people)
Psa 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psa 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. (These are the directions that God gives them)
Psa 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. (But this is what they insist on doing.)
Psa 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. (It has been said that we are gods, but please note that we are children of the MOST HIGH. I doubt that we will ever compare to that)
Psa 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. (Even though we think of ourselves as gods, we WILL die.)
Psa 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. (The psalmist now gives a plea to God to judge the earth, for HE (singular) would inherit ALL nations)
If I may now, draw your attention to Genesis:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
The question now is, we are gods IN WHAT SENSE? In immortality? No. In power? No. In knowing good and evil? yes. A great big sad yes, because at one stage in history, we didn't know evil.
Secondly, let's have a close look at the circumstances surrounding Jesus when he quoted this scripture:
Joh 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Joh 10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Joh 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Joh 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
Joh 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Joh 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
The Jews were going to stone Jesus for saying that he was the Son of God. In response, Jesus quoted the Scripture, which they knew well, from Psalms. He then proceeded to say, that if the people to whom the word of God came were called gods, and the Scripture cannot be broken, how was it that when he claimed to be the son of God, that he was blaspheming?
I seriously doubt that Jesus was implying that we are Gods in the literal sense and equal to him. How can the created be equal to their Creator?!
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The created CANNOT be equal with the Creator.