Psalms 82

1 A Psalm. Of Asaph. God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

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

2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah)

Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?

3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.

4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

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

6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes.

7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

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

8 Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the nations are your heritage.

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