Saam 82

1 Asaph ih Saam laa. Sithaw loe thacak kaminawk salakah angdoet; sithawnawk salakah lokcaek.

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 Nangcae loe kasae kaminawk to nang sak o haih moe, katoeng ai ah nasetto maw lok na caek o han vop? (Selah)

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?

3 Amtang kami hoi ampa tawn ai kaminawk to abom oh; amtang kami hoi patangkhang kaminawk khaeah toenghaih hoiah lokcaek ah.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

4 Amtang kami hoi kangaih kaminawk to pahnawt hmah; kasae kami ban thung hoiah pahlong ah.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

5 Nihcae loe tidoeh panoek o ai, panoek thaihaih doeh tawn o ai; kaving thungah amkaeh o; long ohhaih ahmuennawk boih loe cak ai.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 Kai mah, Nangcae loe long sithaw ah na oh o; nangcae loe Kasang koek ih caa ah na oh o, tiah ka thuih.

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

7 Toe nangcae loe kaminawk baktiah na dueh o ueloe, ukkung minawk kalah baktiah ni nam tim o toeng tih.

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 Aw Sithaw, angthawk ah loe, long hae lokcaek ah; long kaminawk boih loe nang ih qawktoep kami ah ni oh o.

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.