Psalms 82

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

Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum: in medio autem deos diiudicat.

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

Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

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

Iudicate egeno, et pupillo: humilem, et pauperem iustificate.

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

Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

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

Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt, in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terrae.

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

Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii excelsi omnes.

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

Vos autem sicut homines moriemini: et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.

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

Surge Deus, iudica terram: quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus Gentibus.