< Ψαλμοί 82 >
1 ψαλμὸς τῷ Ασαφ ὁ θεὸς ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρίνει
— A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.
2 ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε διάψαλμα
Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)
3 κρίνατε ὀρφανὸν καὶ πτωχόν ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε
Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
4 ἐξέλεσθε πένητα καὶ πτωχόν ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε
Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
5 οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς
They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.
6 ἐγὼ εἶπα θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ὑψίστου πάντες
I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,
7 ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνῄσκετε καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε
But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,
8 ἀνάστα ὁ θεός κρῖνον τὴν γῆν ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν
Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!