< Psalms 82 >
1 God gathers all the [rulers and judges who think they are] gods for a meeting in heaven; and he tells them that he has decided this:
Psalmus Asaph. [Deus stetit in synagoga deorum; in medio autem deos dijudicat.
2 “You must [RHQ] stop judging [people] unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked [people]!
Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?
3 You must defend [people who are] poor and orphans; you must act fairly toward those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.
Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.
4 Rescue them from the power [MTY] of evil [people] [DOU]!”
Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.
5 [Those rulers] do not know or understand anything! They are very corrupt/evil, and [as a result of their corrupt/evil behavior], [it is as though] the foundation of the world is being shaken!
Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt; in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.
6 I [the all-powerful God, previously] said to them, “You think you are gods! [It is as though] you are all my sons,
Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes.
7 but you will die like people do; your lives will end, like the lives of all rulers end.”
Vos autem sicut homines moriemini, et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.
8 God, arise and judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth, because all the people-groups belong to you!
Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.]