Psalm 82 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 82:1(LXX 81:1) A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst of them will judge gods.

Psa 82:2(LXX 81:2) How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? Pause.

Psa 82:3(LXX 81:3) Judge the orphan and poor: [fn]do justice to the low and needy.

Psa 82:4(LXX 81:4) Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

Psa 82:5(LXX 81:5) They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

Psa 82:6(LXX 81:6) I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you children of the Most High.

Psa 82:7(LXX 81:7) But ye die as men, and fall as one of the princes.

Psa 82:8(LXX 81:8) Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Gr. justify.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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