Dialogue with Trypho 124.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 2:236–238

Εἴρηνται δὲ οἱ λόγοι διὰ Δαυΐδ, ὡς μὲν ὑμεῖς ἐξηγεῖσθε, οὕτως· Ὁ θεὸς ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρίνει. Ἕως πότε κρίνετε ἀδικίαν καὶ πρόσωπα ἁμαρτωλῶν λαμβάνετε; Κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ πτωχῷ καὶ ταπεινὸν καὶ πένητα δικαιώσατε. Ἐξέλεσθε πένητα, καὶ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ ῥύσασθε. Οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται· σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς. Ἐγὼ εἶπα· Θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ὑψίστου πάντες· ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀποθνήσκετε, καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε. Ἀνάστα ὁ θεός, κρῖνον τὴν γῆν, ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.

English · Claude translation

“The words were spoken through David, as you explain them, thus: ‘God stood in the assembly of gods; in the midst he judges gods. How long will you judge injustice and accept the persons of sinners? Judge for the orphan and the poor, and do justice to the lowly and the needy. Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor from the hand of the sinner. They have not known nor understood; they walk in darkness; all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken. I said: You are gods, and all sons of the Most High; but you die like a man, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth, for you shall inherit among all the nations.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:236–238 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Scripture

Ps 82:1 (81:1 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:2 (81:2 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:3 (81:3 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:4 (81:4 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:5 (81:5 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:6 (81:6 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:7 (81:7 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Ps 82:8 (81:8 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
John 10:34 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong breathing)): ὡς εἶς τῶν ἀρχόντων → ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 124.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/124/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 124.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/124/2/).