Psalmorum 82

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

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

2 Usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem: et facies peccatorum sumitis?

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

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

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, iudica terram: quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus Gentibus.

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