Psalmorum 82

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

A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment.

2 usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem et facies peccatorum sumitis diapsalma

How long will you judge unjustly and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

3 iudicate egenum et pupillum humilem et pauperem iustificate

Defend the poor and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

4 eripite pauperem et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate

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

5 nescierunt neque intellexerunt in tenebris ambulant movebuntur omnia fundamenta terrae

They neither know nor understand; they wander around in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth crumble.

6 ego dixi dii estis et filii Excelsi omnes

I said, “You are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.

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

Nevertheless you will die like men and fall like one of the princes.”

8 surge Deus iudica terram quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus gentibus

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you have an inheritance in all the nations.