Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of lAsaph.

¹mGod nhas taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of pthe gods he qholds judgment:

²“How long will you judge unjustly

and rshow partiality to sthe wicked? Selah

³tGive justice to uthe weak and the fatherless;

vmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

⁴wRescue the weak and the needy;

xdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

⁵yThey have neither knowledge nor understanding,

zthey walk about in darkness;

aall the foundations of the earth are bshaken.

⁶cI said, “You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you;

⁷nevertheless, like men dyou shall die,

and fall like any prince.”1

⁸eArise, O God, judge the earth;

for you shall finherit all the nations!