The Prophet declareth, 2. that God reprehendeth unjust Judges and Magistrates: premonisheth them of his severe & eternal punishment: 8. Whereto the prophet conforming his will prayeth for the same.The Prophet declareth, 2. that God reprehendeth vniuſt Iudges and Magiſtrates: premoniſheth them of his ſeuere & eternal puniſhment: 8. Wherto the prophet conforming his wil prayeth for the ſame.✦
A Psalm to Asaph. God stood in the assembly of gods, and in the midst he judgeth gods.A Pſalme to Aſaph. God ſtood in the aſſemblie a of goddes, and in the middes he b iudgeth goddes.Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum ; in medio autem deos dijudicat.
2How long judge ye iniquity: and accept ye the persons of sinners.c How long iudge ye iniquitie: and accept ye the perſons of ſinners.Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis ?
3Judge ye for the needy and the pupillo: the orphan, the fatherless child : not a schoolchild: justify ye the humble, and the poor.Iudge ye for the needie and the pupil: iuſtifie ye the humble, and the poore.Judicate egeno et pupillo ; humilem et pauperem justificate.
4Take away the poor: and deliver the needy from the hand of the sinner.Take away the poore: and deliuer the needie from the hand of the ſinner.Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.
5They knew not, neither did they understand, they walk in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.They d knew not, neither did they vnderſtand, they walke in darkeneſſe: e al the fundations of the earth ſhal be moued.Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt ; in tenebris ambulant : movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.
6I said: You are gods, and the sons of the highest all.I ſaide: Yow are f goddes, and the ſonnes of the higheſt al.Ego dixi : Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes.
7But you shall die as men: and fall as one of the princes.g But you ſhal die as men: and fal h as one of the princes.Vos autem sicut homines moriemini, et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.
8Arise O God, judge the earth: because thou shalt inherit in all the Gentiles.i Ariſe ô God, iudge the earth: k becauſe thou ſhalt inherite in al the Gentiles.Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.