Psalms 82

1 A Psalm. Of Asaph. God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

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

2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah)

Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

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

4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

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

6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

Ego dixi: dii estis, et filii excelsi omnes.

7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

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

8 Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.

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