Psalms 82

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

“A psalm of Asaph.” God standeth in God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of the gods.

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

“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

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

Defend the poor and the fatherless; Do justice to the wretched and the needy!

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

Deliver the poor and the destitute; 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 are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.

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

I have said, Ye are gods, And all of you children of the Most High;

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

But ye shall die like men, And fall like the rest of the princes.”

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 thy possession.