Amahubo 82

1 UNkulunkulu uyema enhlanganweni yabahluleli, uyahlulela phakathi kwabonkulunkulu.

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

2 Koze kube nini lisahlulela ngokungalunganga, lisemukela ubuso bababi? (Sela)

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

3 Yahlulelani umyanga lentandane, lilungisele ohluphekayo loswelayo.

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

4 Khululani umyanga loswelayo, libophule esandleni sababi.

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

5 Kabazi kabaqedisisi, baya le lale emnyameni; izisekelo zonke zomhlaba ziyazamazama.

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

6 Mina ngathi: Lingonkulunkulu, lonke lingamadodana oPhezukonke.

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

7 Kodwa lizakufa njengabantu, liwe njengesinye seziphathamandla.

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

8 Vuka, Nkulunkulu! wahlulele umhlaba; ngoba wena izizwe zonke ziyilifa lakho.

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