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Chapter 82

God Presides in the Divine Assembly

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A Psalm of Asaph. 1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤐 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤑𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤏𐤃𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים נִצָּ֥ב אֵ֑ל בַּעֲדַת־ יִשְׁפֹּֽט׃ בְּקֶ֖רֶב אֱלֹהִ֣ים miz·mō·wr lə·’ā·sāp̄ ’ĕlō·hîm niṣ·ṣāḇ ’êl ba·‘ă·ḏaṯ- yiš·pōṭ bə·qe·reḇ ’ĕ·lō·hîmWLC · 1

2

“How long… will you judge unjustly and show partiality… to the wicked? Selah

𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤕𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤅 𐤏𐤅𐤋 𐤅𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤕𐤔𐤀𐤅 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤎𐤋𐤄

עַד־ מָתַ֥י תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־ עָ֑וֶל וּפְנֵ֥י תִּשְׂאוּ־ רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים סֶֽלָה׃ ‘aḏ- mā·ṯay tiš·pə·ṭū- ‘ā·wel ū·p̄ə·nê tiś·’ū- rə·šā·‘îm se·lāhWLC · 2

3

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤅 𐤃𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤑𐤃𐤉𐤒𐤅 𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤓𐤔

שִׁפְטוּ־ דַ֥ל וְיָת֑וֹם הַצְדִּֽיקוּ׃ עָנִ֖י וָרָ֣שׁ šip̄·ṭū- ḏal wə·yā·ṯō·wm haṣ·dî·qū ‘ā·nî wā·rāšWLC · 3

4

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

𐤐𐤋𐤈𐤅 𐤃𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤋𐤅 𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌

פַּלְּטוּ־ דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן הַצִּֽילוּ׃ מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים pal·lə·ṭū- ḏal wə·’eḇ·yō·wn haṣ·ṣî·lū mî·yaḏ rə·šā·‘îmWLC · 4

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They do not know… or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤕𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤁𐤇𐤔𐤊𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤅𐤎𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤉𐤌𐤅𐤈𐤅

לֹ֤א יָֽדְע֨וּ׀ וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה כָּל־ מ֥וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ lō yā·ḏə·‘ū wə·lō yā·ḇî·nū yiṯ·hal·lā·ḵū ba·ḥă·šê·ḵāh kāl- mō·ws·ḏê ’ā·reṣ yim·mō·w·ṭūWLC · 5

6

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤍

אֲ‍ֽנִי־ אָ֭מַרְתִּי אַתֶּ֑ם אֱלֹהִ֣ים כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ וּבְנֵ֖י עֶלְי֣וֹן ’ănî- ’ā·mar·tî ’at·tem ’ĕ·lō·hîm kul·lə·ḵem ū·ḇə·nê ‘el·yō·wnWLC · 6

7

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

𐤀𐤊𐤍 𐤊𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤕𐤌𐤅𐤕𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤄𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤐𐤋𐤅

אָ֭כֵן כְּאָדָ֣ם תְּמוּת֑וּן וּכְאַחַ֖ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים תִּפֹּֽלוּ׃ ’ā·ḵên kə·’ā·ḏām tə·mū·ṯūn ū·ḵə·’a·ḥaḏ haś·śā·rîm tip·pō·lūWLC · 7

8

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.

𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤄 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤕𐤍𐤇𐤋

קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁפְטָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי־ בְּכָל־ הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ אַתָּ֥ה תִ֝נְחַ֗ל qū·māh ’ĕ·lō·hîm šā·p̄ə·ṭāh hā·’ā·reṣ kî- bə·ḵāl hag·gō·w·yim ’at·tāh ṯin·ḥalWLC · 8


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