Psalm 81
Ψαλμοί
Psalm 82 in the Hebrew numbering, which most Western Bibles follow.
1 Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ. Ο ΘΕΟΣ ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρινεῖ.
(82) A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.
2 ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε; (διάψαλμα).
How long will you⌃ judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? Pause.
3 κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ πτωχῷ, ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε·
Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.
4 ἐξέλεσθε πένητα καὶ πτωχόν, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ρύσασθε αὐτόν.
Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.
5 οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται· σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς.
They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
6 ἐγὼ εἶπα· θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ Ὑψίστου πάντες·
I have said, You⌃ are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.
7 ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνήσκετε καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε.
But you⌃ die as men, and fall as one of the princes.
8 ἀνάστα, ὁ Θεός, κρίνων τὴν γῆν, ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.