1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

81:1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum;
in medio autem deos dijudicat.

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

2 Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem,
et facies peccatorum sumitis?

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

3 Judicate egeno et pupillo;
humilem et pauperem justificate.

4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

4 Eripite pauperem,
et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.

5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

5 Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt;
in tenebris ambulant:
movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.

6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.

6 Ego dixi: Dii estis,
et filii Excelsi omnes.

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

7 Vos autem sicut homines moriemini,
et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

8 Surge, Deus, judica terram,
quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.