[4] The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.

[14] In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, this psalm is appointed to be read in the evening of the 16th day of the month.

This is accompanied by the priest scattering flower petals and laurel leaves, representing the point at which the wicked and fallen angels have sentence pronounced against them during the Harrowing of Hell.

[17] Heinrich Schütz set Psalm 82 in a metred version in German, "Singet mit Freuden unserm Gott", SWV 179, as part of the Becker Psalter, first published in 1628.

Norma Wendelburg composed a choral setting in English, "Arise, O God, to Judge the Earth" for mixed choir and optional organ in 1973.