Psalmorum 82

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

A Melody of Asaph. God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

2 Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?

How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? (Selah)

3 Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.

Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted;

4 Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

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

They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

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

I, said, Gods, ye are, Yea, sons of the Highest, are ye all;

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

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

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

Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.