1 Deus assiste na congregação divina;

no meio dos deuses, estabelece o seu julgamento.

2 Até quando julgareis injustamente

e tomareis partido pela causa dos ímpios?

3 Fazei justiça ao fraco e ao órfão,

procedei retamente para com o aflito e o desamparado.

4 Socorrei o fraco e o necessitado;

tirai-os das mãos dos ímpios.

5 Eles nada sabem, nem entendem;

vagueiam em trevas;

vacilam todos os fundamentos da terra.

6 Eu disse: sois deuses,

sois todos filhos do Altíssimo.

7 Todavia, como homens, morrereis

e, como qualquer dos príncipes, haveis de sucumbir.

8 Levanta-te, ó Deus, julga a terra,

pois a ti compete a herança de todas as nações.

1 God standeth in the congregation of God;

He judgeth among the gods.

2 How long will ye judge unjustly,

And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah

3 Judge the poor and fatherless:

Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

4 Rescue the poor and needy:

Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

5 They know not, neither do they understand;

They walk to and fro in darkness:

All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I said, Ye are gods,

And all of you sons of the Most High.

7 Nevertheless ye shall die like men,

And fall like one of the princes.

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;

For thou shalt inherit all the nations.

1 God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the "gods":

2 "How long will you "defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? [^2]

3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

5 "The 'gods' know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 "I said, 'You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High.'

7 But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler."

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.