1 - - A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

2 T ill when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

3 J udge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

4 L et the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

5 T hey knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

6 I -- I have said, `Gods ye, And sons of the Most High -- all of you,

7 B ut as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,

8 R ise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!