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Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

82 God stands in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods (divine beings).

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

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


The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

I said, “You are [a]gods;
Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.(A)

“Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”

Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For to You belong all the nations.(B)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:6 Most of the ancient rabbis understood the idea of “gods” referring to judges, but some applied vv 6, 7 to the Israelites at Sinai and maintained that they would have become immortal as a result of accepting the Law, if only they had not committed the sin of the golden calf.

亚萨的诗。

 神是最高的主宰

82  神站立在神圣的会中,
    在诸神中施行审判。
你们审判不秉公义,
    抬举恶人的脸面,要到几时呢?(细拉)

当为贫寒的人和孤儿伸冤,
    为困苦和穷乏的人施行公义。
当保护贫寒和贫穷的人,
    救他们脱离恶人的手。

他们愚昧,他们无知,
    在黑暗中走来走去;
    地的根基都摇动了。

我曾说:“你们是诸神,
    都是至高者的儿子。
然而,你们要死去,与世人一样,
    要仆倒,像任何一位王子一般。”

 神啊,求你起来审判全地,
    因为你必得万国为业。