Psalms 82

1 Of Asaph. God stood in the synagoge of goddis; forsothe he demeth goddis in the myddil.

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 Hou longe demen ye wickidnesse; and taken the faces of synneris?

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?

3 Deme ye to the nedi man, and to the modirles child; iustifie ye the meke man and pore.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

4 Raueische ye out a pore man; and delyuere ye the nedi man fro the hond of the synner.

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

5 Thei knewen not, nether vndirstoden, thei goen in derknessis; alle the foundementis of erthe schulen be moued.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I seide, Ye ben goddis; and alle ye ben the sones of hiy God.

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

7 But ye schulen die as men; and ye schulen falle doun as oon of the princis.

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 Ryse, thou God, deme thou the erthe; for thou schalt haue eritage in alle folkis.

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.