Psalms 82
8 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse
מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים נִצָּ֥ב בַּעֲדַת־אֵ֑ל בְּקֶ֖רֶב אֱלֹהִ֣ים יִשְׁפֹּֽט׃
mizmor le'asaf elohim nitsav ba'adat-el beqerev elohim yishpot
A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the divine assembly, pronouncing judgment among the divine beings.
עַד־מָתַ֥י תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־עָ֑וֶל וּפְנֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תִּשְׂאוּ־סֶֽלָה׃
ad-matay tishpetu-avel ufene resha'im tisu-selah
How long will you judge perversely, showing favor to the wicked? Selah.
שִׁפְטוּ־דַ֥ל וְיָת֑וֹם עָנִ֖י וָרָ֣שׁ הַצְדִּֽיקוּ׃
shiftu-dal veyatom ani varash hatsdiqu
Judge the wretched and the orphan, vindicate the lowly and the poor,
פַּלְּטוּ־דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים הַצִּֽילוּ׃
palletu-dal ve'evyon miyyad resha'im hatsilu
rescue the wretched and the needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
לֹ֤א יָדְע֨וּ ׀ וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ כׇּל־מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃
lo yade'u velo yavinu bakhashekhah yithallakhu yimmotu kol-mosede arets
They neither know nor understand, they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth totter.
אֲֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִ֣ים אַתֶּ֑ם וּבְנֵ֖י עֶלְי֣וֹן כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃
ani-amarti elohim attem uvene elyon kullekhem
I had taken you for divine beings, attendants of the Most High, all of you;
אָ֭כֵן כְּאָדָ֣ם תְּמוּת֑וּן וּכְאַחַ֖ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים תִּפֹּֽלוּ׃
akhen ke'adam temutun ukhe'akhad hassarim tippolu
but you shall die as mortals do, fall like any prince.
קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שׇׁפְטָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה תִ֝נְחַ֗ל בְּכׇל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ {פ}
qumah elohim shoftah ha'arets ki-attah tinkhal bekhol-haggoyim
Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your possession.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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