Psalms 82

1 A Psalme committed to Aspah. God standeth in the assemblie of gods: hee iudgeth among gods.

A Psalm of Asaph. God has stood in the synagogue of gods, but, in their midst, he decides between gods.

2 How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

How long will you judge unjustly and favor the faces of sinners?

3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

Judge for the indigent and the orphan. Do justice to the humble and the poor.

4 Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

Rescue the poor, and free the needy from the hand of the sinner.

5 They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.

They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.

6 I haue said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children of the most High.

I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.

7 But ye shall die as a man, and yee princes, shall fall like others.

But you will die like men, and you will fall just like one of the princes.

8 O God, arise, therefore iudge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherite all nations.

Rise up, O God. Judge the earth. For you will inherit it with all the nations.