Psalms 82

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.	1 A psalm of Asaph. God rises in the divine council, gives judgment in the midst of the gods.
2 How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?	2 "How long will you judge unjustly and favor the cause of the wicked? Selah
3 Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.	3 Defend the lowly and fatherless; render justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.	4 Rescue the lowly and poor; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."
5 They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.	5 The gods neither know nor understand, wandering about in darkness, and all the world's foundations shake.
6 I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.	6 I declare: "Gods though you be, offspring of the Most High all of you,
7 But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.	7 Yet like any mortal you shall die; like any prince you shall fall."
8 Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.	8 Arise, O God, judge the earth, for yours are all the nations.