A psalm of Asaph.1God presides over heaven’s court;he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings: 2 “How long will you hand down unjust decisionsby favoring the wicked?Interlude
3“Give justice to the poor and the orphan;uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and helpless;deliver them from the grasp of evil people. 5 But these oppressors know nothing;they are so ignorant!They wander about in darkness,while the whole world is shaken to the core. 6 I say, ‘You are gods;you are all children of the Most High. 7 But you will die like mere mortalsand fall like every other ruler.’”
8Rise up, O God, and judge the earth,for all the nations belong to you.
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