Mapisarema 82

1 Pisarema raAsafi. Mwari anogara paungano huru; anotonga pakati pa“vamwari” achiti,

— A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

2 “Muchasvika riniko muchirwira vasakarurama uye muchisanangura vanhu vakaipa? Sera

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? (Selah)

3 Tongai mhaka dzavasina simba nenherera; chengetedzai kodzero dzavarombo navakadzvinyirirwa.

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

4 Nunurai vasina simba navanoshayiwa; varwirei paruoko rwowakaipa.

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

5 “Havana chavanoziva, havana chavanonzwisisa. Vanongofamba-famba murima; nheyo dzose dzenyika dzinozungunuswa.

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

6 “Ndakati, ‘Muri vamwari; imi mose muri vanakomana veWokumusoro-soro.’

I — I have said, 'Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High — all of you,

7 Asi muchafa savanhuwo zvavo; muchawa savatongi vose.”

But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

8 Simukai, imi Mwari, mutonge nyika, nokuti ndudzi dzose inhaka yenyu.

Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!