Psalmorum 82

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

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:

2 Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?

'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? (Selah)

3 Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.

Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

4 Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

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

They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

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

I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High.

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

Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.'

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

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Thou shalt possess all nations.