Psalm 82
English Standard Version
Rescue the Weak and Needy
A Psalm of (A)Asaph.
82 (B)God (C)has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of (D)the gods he (E)holds judgment:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and (F)show partiality to (G)the wicked? Selah
3 (H)Give justice to (I)the weak and the fatherless;
(J)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 (K)Rescue the weak and the needy;
(L)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5 (M)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
(N)they walk about in darkness;
(O)all the foundations of the earth are (P)shaken.
6 (Q)I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men (R)you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes
Psalmi 82
Biblia Sacra Vulgata
82 Canticum Psalmi Asaph.
2 Deus, quis similis erit tibi? ne taceas, neque compescaris, Deus:
3 quoniam ecce inimici tui sonuerunt, et qui oderunt te extulerunt caput.
4 Super populum tuum malignaverunt consilium, et cogitaverunt adversus sanctos tuos.
5 Dixerunt: Venite, et disperdamus eos de gente, et non memoretur nomen Israel ultra.
6 Quoniam cogitaverunt unanimiter; simul adversum te testamentum disposuerunt:
7 tabernacula Idumaeorum et Ismahelitae, Moab et Agareni,
8 Gebal, et Ammon, et Amalec; alienigenae cum habitantibus Tyrum.
9 Etenim Assur venit cum illis: facti sunt in adjutorium filiis Lot.
10 Fac illis sicut Madian et Sisarae, sicut Jabin in torrente Cisson.
11 Disperierunt in Endor; facti sunt ut stercus terrae.
12 Pone principes eorum sicut Oreb, et Zeb, et Zebee, et Salmana: omnes principes eorum,
13 qui dixerunt: Haereditate possideamus sanctuarium Dei.
14 Deus meus, pone illos ut rotam, et sicut stipulam ante faciem venti.
15 Sicut ignis qui comburit silvam, et sicut flamma comburens montes,
16 ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua, et in ira tua turbabis eos.
17 Imple facies eorum ignominia, et quaerent nomen tuum, Domine.
18 Erubescant, et conturbentur in saeculum saeculi, et confundantur, et pereant.
19 Et cognoscant quia nomen tibi Dominus: tu solus Altissimus in omni terra.
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