1 God *stands in the congregation of the mighty;

He judges among *the gods.

2 How long will you judge unjustly,

And *show partiality to the wicked?

Selah

3 Defend the poor and fatherless;

Do justice to the afflicted and *needy.

4 Deliver the poor and needy;

Free them from the hand of the wicked.

5 They do not know, nor do they understand;

They walk about in darkness;

All the *foundations of the earth are unstable.

6 I said, *"You are gods,

And all of you are children of the Most High.

7 But you shall die like men,

And fall like one of the princes."

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;

*For You shall inherit all nations.