< Psalms 82 >
1 A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.
ψαλμὸς τῷ Ασαφ ὁ θεὸς ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρίνει
2 How long will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? (Pause)
ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε διάψαλμα
3 Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.
κρίνατε ὀρφανὸν καὶ πτωχόν ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε
4 Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.
ἐξέλεσθε πένητα καὶ πτωχόν ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε
5 They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς
6 I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.
ἐγὼ εἶπα θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ὑψίστου πάντες
7 But you die as men, and fall as one of the princes.
ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνῄσκετε καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
ἀνάστα ὁ θεός κρῖνον τὴν γῆν ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν