A Psalm of Asaph.

8,6,8,6

^1In gods' assembly God doth stand;

he judgeth gods among.

^2How long, accepting persons vile,

will ye give judgment wrong?

^3Defend the poor and fatherless;

to poor oppress'd do right.

^4The poor and needy ones set free;

rid them from ill men's might.

^5They know not, nor will understand;

in darkness they walk on:

All the foundations of the earth

out of their course are gone.

^6I said that ye are gods, and are

sons of the Highest all:

^7But ye shall die like men, and as

one of the princes fall.

^8O God, do thou raise up thyself,

the earth to judgment call:

For thou, as thine inheritance,

shalt take the nations all.