Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Psalm 81 (82)
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The Divine Indictment
| 1 [MT=82:1] Ὁ θεὸς ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρίνει, 2 [MT=82:2] ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε; διάψαλμα. | 81.1 [MT=82:1] God has taken His stand in the assembly of gods; in the midst [of them] He judges gods. 81.2 [MT=82:2] "How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the faces of sinners?" Pause. |
| 3 [MT=82:3] κρίνατε ὀρφανὸν καὶ πτωχόν, ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε· 4 [MT=82:4] ἐξέλεσθε πένητα καὶ πτωχόν, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε. | 81.3 [MT=82:3] "Judge for the orphan and the poor; do justice for the humble and the destitute. 81.4 [MT=82:4] Rescue the destitute and the poor; deliver them from the hand of the sinner." |
The Sentence of Mortality
| 5 [MT=82:5] Οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται· σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς. 6 [MT=82:6] ἐγὼ εἶπα, θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ὑψίστου πάντες· 7 [MT=82:7] ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνῄσκετε καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε. | 81.5 [MT=82:5] They have neither known nor understood; they walk about in darkness. All the foundations of the earth shall be shaken. 81.6 [MT=82:6] I said: "You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High. 81.7 [MT=82:7] But you die like men, and you fall like one of the princes." |
The Call to Universal Judgment
| 8 [MT=82:8] Ἀνάστα, ὁ θεός, κρῖνον τὴν γῆν, ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν. | 81.8 [MT=82:8] Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit among all the nations. |