Psalmorum 82

1 psalmus Asaph Deus stetit in synagoga deorum in medio autem Deus deiudicat

A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem et facies peccatorum sumitis diapsalma

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?

3 iudicate egenum et pupillum humilem et pauperem iustificate

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

4 eripite pauperem et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate

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

5 nescierunt neque intellexerunt in tenebris ambulant movebuntur omnia fundamenta terrae

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 ego dixi dii estis et filii Excelsi omnes

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

7 vos autem sicut homines moriemini et sicut unus de principibus cadetis

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 surge Deus iudica terram quoniam tu hereditabis in omnibus gentibus

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