Psalms 82

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

A psalm of Asaph. God has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

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

‘How long will you crookedly judge, and favour the wicked? (Selah)

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

Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

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

Rescue the weak and the 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 have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

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

It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

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

Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.’

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

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