Rescue the Weak and Needy

^{A PSALM OF ASAPH.} 

¹ God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgement:

² “ How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

³ Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

⁴ Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

⁵ They have neither knowledge nor under standing, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 

⁶ 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.”

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!