God Commands Justice

A psalm of Asaph.

1 God stands in the divine assembly;

he administers judgment in the midst of the gods.

2 “How long will you judge unjustly

and show favoritism to the wicked?Selah

3 Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan;

provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.

4 Rescue the helpless and the needy;

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5 They do not know or consider.

They go about in the darkness,

so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I have said,“You are gods,

and sons of the Most High, all of you.

7 However, you will die like men,

and you will fall like one of the princes.”

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,

because you shall inheritall the nations.