God in the * great * assembly stands
Of Kings and lordly States,
† Among the gods † on both his hands
He judges and debates.
2 How long will ye * pervert the right
With * judgment false and wrong,
Favouring the wicked by your might,
Who thence grow bold and strong?
3 * Regard the * weak and fatherless,
Dispatch the poor mans cause,
And † raise the man in deep distress
By † just and equal Lawes.
4 Defend the poor and desolate,
And rescue from the hands
Of wicked men the low estate
Of him that help demands.
5 They know not nor will understand,
In darkness they walk on,
The Earths foundations all are * mov’d
And * out of order gon.
6 I said that ye were Gods, yea all
The Sons of God most high
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall
As other Princes die.
8 Rise God, * judge thou the earth in might,
This wicked earth * redress,
For thou art he who shalt by right
The Nations all possess.