Psalms 82

1 A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

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

2 How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

3 Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

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

4 Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

5 They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

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

6 I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

Ego dixi: dii estis, et filii excelsi omnes.

7 But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

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

8 Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.

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