Psalmorum 82

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

God gathers all the [rulers and judges who think they are] gods for a meeting in heaven; and he tells them that he has decided this:

2 Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

“You must [RHQ] stop judging [people] unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked [people]!

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

You must defend [people who are] poor and orphans; you must act fairly toward those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.

4 Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Rescue them from the power [MTY] of evil [people] [DOU]!”

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

[Those rulers] do not know or understand anything! They are very corrupt/evil, and [as a result of their corrupt/evil behavior], [it is as though] the foundation of the world is being shaken!

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

I [the all-powerful God, previously] said to them, “You think you are gods! [It is as though] you are all my sons,

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

but you will die like people do; your lives will end, like the lives of all rulers end.”

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

God, arise and judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth, because all the people-groups belong to you!