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:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and (F)show partiality to (G)the wicked? Selah
3 (H)Give justice to (I)the weak and the fatherless;
(J)maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 (K)Rescue the weak and the needy;
(L)deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5 (M)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
(N)they walk about in darkness;
(O)all the foundations of the earth are (P)shaken.
(N)they walk about in darkness;
(O)all the foundations of the earth are (P)shaken.
6 (Q)I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men ®you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[a]
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men ®you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”[a]
8 (S)Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall (T)inherit all the nations!
for you shall (T)inherit all the nations!
Footnotes
- Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes