1 God takes his stand in the congregation of God; among the gods he gives judgment.
2 Until when will you judge with injustice and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and the orphan; vindicate the afflicted and the needy.
4 Set free the poor and the needy; rescue them from the grip of the wicked.
5 They neither know nor understand; in darkness they walk to and fro; all the foundations of the earth totter.
6 I said, "You are gods; sons of the Most High are you all.
7 Yet like men you will die, and like one of the princes you will fall."
8 Rise, O God, judge the earth, for you will take all the nations as your inheritance.