< Psalms 82 >

1 Of Asaph. God stood in the synagoge of goddis; forsothe he demeth goddis in the myddil.
A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.
2 Hou longe demen ye wickidnesse; and taken the faces of synneris?
How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
3 Deme ye to the nedi man, and to the modirles child; iustifie ye the meke man and pore.
Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
4 Raueische ye out a pore man; and delyuere ye the nedi man fro the hond of the synner.
Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
5 Thei knewen not, nether vndirstoden, thei goen in derknessis; alle the foundementis of erthe schulen be moued.
They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
6 I seide, Ye ben goddis; and alle ye ben the sones of hiy God.
I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
7 But ye schulen die as men; and ye schulen falle doun as oon of the princis.
But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.
8 Ryse, thou God, deme thou the erthe; for thou schalt haue eritage in alle folkis.
Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

< Psalms 82 >