Psalmorum 82

1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum: in medio autem deos diiudicat.

A PSALM OF ASAPH. God has stood in the congregation of God, He judges among the gods.

2 Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? (Selah)

3 Iudicate egeno, et pupillo: humilem, et pauperem iustificate.

Judge the weak and fatherless, Declare the afflicted and the poor righteous.

4 Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Let the weak and needy escape, Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

5 Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt, in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.

They did not know, nor do they understand, They habitually walk in darkness, All the foundations of earth are moved.

6 Ego dixi: dii estis, et filii excelsi omnes.

I have said, “You [are] gods, And sons of the Most High—all of you,

7 Vos autem sicut homines moriemini: et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.

But you die as man, and you fall as one of the heads.”

8 Surge Deus, iudica terram: quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus gentibus.

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For You have inheritance among all the nations!