Psalmorum 82

1 psalmus Asaph Deus stetit in synagoga deorum in medio autem Deus deiudicat

A psalm of Asaph. God has taken his stand in the divine assembly: in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.

2 usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem et facies peccatorum sumitis diapsalma

‘How long will you crookedly judge, and favour the wicked? (Selah)

3 iudicate egenum et pupillum humilem et pauperem iustificate

Do right by the weak and the orphan, acquit the innocent poor.

4 eripite pauperem et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate

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

5 nescierunt neque intellexerunt in tenebris ambulant movebuntur omnia fundamenta terrae

‘They have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.

6 ego dixi dii estis et filii Excelsi omnes

It was I who appointed you gods, children of the Most High all of you.

7 vos autem sicut homines moriemini et sicut unus de principibus cadetis

Yet like mortals you will surely die, you will fall like any prince.’

8 surge Deus iudica terram quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus gentibus

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