1. A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them He judgeth gods.
2. How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
3. Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
4. Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
5. They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
6. I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
7. But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.
8. Arise, O God, judge Thou the earth: for Thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
2. How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
3. Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
4. Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
5. They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
6. I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
7. But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.
8. Arise, O God, judge Thou the earth: for Thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
10. Let there be no strange God among thee;
worship not the god of another people.
11. “I am Yahweh, thy God,
Who brought thee up from the land of Egypt.
Open thy mouth, and I will fill it.
12. “But My people hearkened not to My voice,
Israel obeyed Me not.
13. So I gave them over to the hardness of their heart,
and they followed their own counsels.
14. “Ah! would that My people would hearken unto Me,
that Israel would walk in My ways!…
15. Soon would I confound their enemies;
I would turn My hand against their oppressors.
16. “They that hate Yahweh would flatter Him,
and Israel’s prosperity would endure for ever.
17. I would feed him with the finest of wheat,
and satisfy him with honey from the rock.”
worship not the god of another people.
11. “I am Yahweh, thy God,
Who brought thee up from the land of Egypt.
Open thy mouth, and I will fill it.
12. “But My people hearkened not to My voice,
Israel obeyed Me not.
13. So I gave them over to the hardness of their heart,
and they followed their own counsels.
14. “Ah! would that My people would hearken unto Me,
that Israel would walk in My ways!…
15. Soon would I confound their enemies;
I would turn My hand against their oppressors.
16. “They that hate Yahweh would flatter Him,
and Israel’s prosperity would endure for ever.
17. I would feed him with the finest of wheat,
and satisfy him with honey from the rock.”