A Plea for Justice

¹God stands in the congregation of the mighty;[#(2 Chr. 19:6; Eccl. 5:8)]

He judges among the gods.

²How long will you judge unjustly,

And show partiality to the wicked?

Selah

³Defend the poor and fatherless;

Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

⁴Deliver the poor and needy;

Free them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵They do not know, nor do they understand;

They walk about in darkness;

All the foundations of the earth are unstable.

⁶I said, “You are gods,[#John 10:34]

And all of you are children of the Most High.

⁷But you shall die like men,

And fall like one of the princes.”

⁸Arise, O God, judge the earth;

For You shall inherit all nations.