Ps 82 (LXX 81): συναγωγῇ θεῶν and the Greek rendering

Says Ps 82:1 (LXX 81:1). Swete prints an unnumbered title, Ψαλμὸς τῷ Ἀσάφ, then Ὁ θεὸς ἔστη ἐν συναγωγῇ θεῶν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρίνει (vol. 2, p. 323).

Says συναγωγῇ θεῶν (synagōgē theōn, "assembly of gods") stands where the Hebrew has בַּעֲדַת־אֵל (ba'adat-el, "in the assembly of El/God"): the Greek is plural, the Hebrew singular אֵל (el, "El/God"). ἔστη (estē, "stood") renders נִצָּב (nitsav, "stands"). ἐν μέσῳ δὲ θεοὺς διακρίνει (en mesō de theous diakrinei, "and in the midst he judges gods") renders בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט (beqerev elohim yishpot, "in the midst of gods he judges").

Says Ps 81:2 closes with διάψαλμα for סֶלָה (selah). Ps 81:6 reads ἐγὼ εἶπα Θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ Ὑψίστου πάντες, and Ps 81:7 ὑμεῖς δὲ δὴ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνήσκετε, καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε (vol. 2, p. 323). Swete's apparatus gives δή to the first hand of Vaticanus (marked as perhaps) and the first hand of Sinaiticus, and records its omission in a later corrector of Vaticanus, a later corrector of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, the Verona Psalter, and the Zurich Psalter. Ps 81:8 reads ἀνάστα, ὁ θεός, κρῖνον τὴν γῆν· ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν (vol. 2, p. 324). Swete prints no apparatus for 81:1, 81:2, or 81:6; other inner Greek differences are noted in note.textual.Ps.82.1-Ps.82.8.minor-variants.

Uncertain Whether συναγωγῇ θεῶν reflects another Hebrew wording or interprets אֵל is not settled from the Greek alone. No reconstructed Hebrew is printed here. See the textual notes on 82:1 and 82:7.