Psalmorum 82

1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum; in medio autem deos dijudicat.

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?

3 Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

4 Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

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

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

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

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.

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