Mga Awit 82
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Diyos ang Kataas-taasang Hari
Awit ni Asaf.
82 Ang Diyos ang namumuno ng pulong sa kalangitan,
sa pulong ng mga diyos, ganito ang kapasyahan:
2 “Dapat ninyong itigil na, paghatol na hindi tama,
tumigil na ng paghatol na panig sa masasama. (Selah)[a]
3 Bigyan ninyong katarungan ang mahina at ulila,
at huwag ninyong aapihin ang mahirap at may dusa.
4 Ang marapat na tulunga'y ang mahina at mahirap, sa kamay ng masasama sila'y dapat na iligtas!
5 “Anong pagkamangmang ninyo, wala kayong nalalaman!
Sa gitna ng kadilima'y doon kayo nananahan,
sa ibabaw ng daigdig ay wala nang katarungan.
6 Ang(A) sabi ko, kayo'y diyos, anak ng Kataas-taasan,
7 ngunit tulad nitong tao, lahat kayo'y mamamatay;
katulad din ng prinsipe, papanaw ang inyong buhay.”
8 O Diyos, ikaw ay magbangon at daigdig pagharian,
ang lahat ng mga bansa ay hawak ng iyong kamay!
Footnotes
- 2 SELAH: Tingnan ang Awit 3:2.
Psalm 82
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 82[a]
The Downfall of Unjust Gods
1 A psalm of Asaph.
I
God takes a stand in the divine council,
gives judgment in the midst of the gods.(A)
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and favor the cause of the wicked?(B)
Selah
3 “Defend the lowly and fatherless;
render justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Rescue the lowly and poor;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(C)
II
5 [b]The gods neither know nor understand,
wandering about in darkness,
and all the world’s foundations shake.
6 I declare: “Gods though you be,[c](D)
offspring of the Most High all of you,
7 Yet like any mortal you shall die;
like any prince you shall fall.”
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth,[d]
for yours are all the nations.
Footnotes
- Psalm 82 As in Ps 58, the pagan gods are seen as subordinate divine beings to whom Israel’s God had delegated oversight of the foreign countries in the beginning (Dt 32:8–9). Now God arises in the heavenly assembly (Ps 82:1) to rebuke the unjust “gods” (Ps 82:2–4), who are stripped of divine status and reduced in rank to mortals (Ps 82:5–7). They are accused of misruling the earth by not upholding the poor. A short prayer for universal justice concludes the Psalm (Ps 82:8).
- 82:5 The gods are blind and unable to declare what is right. Their misrule shakes earth’s foundations (cf. Ps 11:3; 75:4), which God made firm in creation (Ps 96:10).
- 82:6 I declare: “Gods though you be”: in Jn 10:34 Jesus uses the verse to prove that those to whom the word of God is addressed can fittingly be called “gods.”
- 82:8 Judge the earth: according to Dt 32:8–9, Israel’s God had originally assigned jurisdiction over the foreign nations to the subordinate deities, keeping Israel as a personal possession. Now God will directly take over the rulership of the whole world.
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