¹ God stands in the congregation of the mighty he judges among the gods. ² How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. ³ Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. ⁴ Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. ⁵ They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. ⁶ I have said, you are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. ⁷ But you will die like men, and fall like one of the princes. ⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you will inherit all nations.