psalm

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

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(B)God ©has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of (D)the gods he (E)holds judgment:
“How long will you judge unjustly
and (F)show partiality to (G)the wicked? Selah
(H)Give justice to (I)the weak and the fatherless;
(J)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
(K)Rescue the weak and the needy;
(L)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

(M)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
(N)they walk about in darkness;
(O)all the foundations of the earth are (P)shaken.

(Q)I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men ®you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[a]

(S)Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall (T)inherit all the nations!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes