< Psalms 82 >
1 — A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.
melody to/for Asaph God to stand in/on/with congregation God in/on/with entrails: among God to judge
2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)
till how to judge injustice and face: kindness wicked to lift: kindness (Selah)
3 Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
to judge poor and orphan afflicted and be poor to justify
4 Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
to escape poor and needy from hand: power wicked to rescue
5 They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.
not to know and not to understand in/on/with darkness to go: walk to shake all foundation land: country/planet
6 I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,
I to say God you(m. p.) and son: descendant/people Most High all your
7 But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,
surely like/as man to die [emph?] and like/as one [the] ruler to fall: fall
8 Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!
to arise: rise [emph?] God to judge [emph?] [the] land: country/planet for you(m. s.) to inherit in/on/with all [the] nation