Psalmorum 82

1 Psalmus Asaph. [Deus stetit in synagoga deorum; in medio autem deos dijudicat.

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

2 Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?

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

3 Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.

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

4 Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

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

5 Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt; in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.

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

6 Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes.

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

7 Vos autem sicut homines moriemini, et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.

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

8 Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.]

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