Psalm 81, Catholic Public Domain Version
A Psalm of Asaph. God has stood in the synagogue of gods, but, in their midst, he decides between gods.
Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum; in medio autem deos dijudicat.
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How long will you judge unjustly and favor the faces of sinners?
Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?
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Judge for the indigent and the orphan. Do justice to the humble and the poor.
Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.
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Rescue the poor, and free the needy from the hand of the sinner.
Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.
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They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.
Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt; in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.
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I said: You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.
Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes.
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But you will die like men, and you will fall just like one of the princes.
Vos autem sicut homines moriemini, et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.
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Rise up, O God. Judge the earth. For you will inherit it with all the nations.
Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.
Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)