Psalms 82

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

melody to/for Asaph God to stand in/on/with congregation God in/on/with entrails: among God to judge

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

till how to judge injustice and face: kindness wicked to lift: kindness (Selah)

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

to judge poor and orphan afflicted and be poor to justify

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

to escape poor and needy from hand: power wicked to rescue

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

not to know and not to understand in/on/with darkness to go: walk to shake all foundation land: country/planet

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

I to say God you(m. p.) and son: descendant/people Most High all your

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

surely like/as man to die [emph?] and like/as one [the] ruler to fall: fall

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

to arise: rise [emph?] God to judge [emph?] [the] land: country/planet for you(m. s.) to inherit in/on/with all [the] nation