Psalms 82

1 A psalm of Asaph. God has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

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

2 “How long will you crookedly judge, and favor the wicked? (Selah)

Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

3 Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

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

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

Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

5 “They have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

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

6 It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

Ego dixi: dii estis, et filii excelsi omnes.

7 Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.”

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

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

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