Psalmorum 82

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

“A psalm of Asaph.” God standeth in God's assembly, He judgeth in the midst of the gods.

2 Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?

“How long will ye judge unjustly, And favor the cause of the wicked? (Pause)

3 Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.

Defend the poor and the fatherless; Do justice to the wretched and the needy!

4 Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Deliver the poor and the destitute; Save them from the hand of the wicked!

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

They are without knowledge and without understanding; They walk in darkness: Therefore all the foundations of the land are shaken.

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

I have said, Ye are gods, And all of you children of the Most High;

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

But ye shall die like men, And fall like the rest of the princes.”

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

Arise, O God! judge the earth! For all the nations are thy possession.