Nnwom 82

1 Asaf dwom. Onyankopɔn di hene wɔ ɔsoro asafo mu; obu atɛn wɔ “anyame” mu.

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

2 “Wobɛbɔ wɔn a wɔnteɛ ho ban na woayɛ nhwɛanim ama amumɔyɛfo akosi da bɛn?

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

3 Monka mmɔborɔfo ne ayisaa asɛm mma wɔn; mommɔ ahiafo ne wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so yiyedi ho ban.

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

4 Munnye ɔbrɛfo ne ahiafo; munnye wɔn mfi amumɔyɛfo nsam.

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

5 “Anyame no nnim de, na wɔnte hwee ase. Wokyinkyin wɔ sum mu; na asase fapem nyinaa wosow.

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

6 “Mekae se, ‘Moyɛ “anyame;” mo nyinaa yɛ Ɔsorosoroni no mma.’

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

7 Nanso mubewuwu sɛ nnipa pɛ; na moahwe ase sɛ ɔsodifo biara.”

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

8 Ao Onyankopɔn, sɔre, bu wiase atɛn; efisɛ amanaman nyinaa yɛ wo de.

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