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82 Canticum Psalmi Asaph.

Deus, quis similis erit tibi? ne taceas, neque compescaris, Deus:

quoniam ecce inimici tui sonuerunt, et qui oderunt te extulerunt caput.

Super populum tuum malignaverunt consilium, et cogitaverunt adversus sanctos tuos.

Dixerunt: Venite, et disperdamus eos de gente, et non memoretur nomen Israel ultra.

Quoniam cogitaverunt unanimiter; simul adversum te testamentum disposuerunt:

tabernacula Idumaeorum et Ismahelitae, Moab et Agareni,

Gebal, et Ammon, et Amalec; alienigenae cum habitantibus Tyrum.

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.

Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

God presides in the great assembly;
    he renders judgment(A) among the “gods”:(B)

“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(C) to the wicked?[b](D)
Defend the weak and the fatherless;(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor(F) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(G)
    They walk about in darkness;(H)
    all the foundations(I) of the earth are shaken.

“I said, ‘You are “gods”;(J)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
But you will die(K) like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

Rise up,(L) O God, judge(M) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.(N)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.