PSALM 82 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE

1 God in the great assembly stands
@3Of kings and lordly states@1;
Among the gods on both his hands
He judges and debates.
2 How long will ye pervert the right
With judgment false and wrong,
Favouring the wicked @3by your might,
Who thence grow bold and strong@1?
3 Regard the weak and fatherless,
Despatch the poor man's cause,
And raise the man in deep distress
By just and equal laws
4 Defend the poor and desolate,
And rescue from the hands
Of wicked men the low estate
Of him @3that help demands@1.
5 They know not nor will understand,
In darkness they walk on;
The earth's foundations all are moved
And out of order gone.
6 I said that ye were gods, yea all
The sons of God most high;
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall
As other princes @3die@1.
8 Rise God, judge thou the earth @3in might@1,
This @3wicked@1 earth redress,
For thou art he who shalt by right
The nations all possess.

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