Psalmorum 82

1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum: in medio autem deos diiudicat.

A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

2 Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” (Selah)

3 Iudicate egeno, et pupillo: humilem, et pauperem iustificate.

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

4 Eripite pauperem: et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

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

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 Ego dixi: dii estis, et filii excelsi omnes.

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

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

Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”

8 Surge Deus, iudica terram: quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus gentibus.

Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.