5 ‘Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,I will now arise,’ says the Lord.‘I will protect them from those who malign them.’
6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,like silver purified in a crucible,like gold refined seven times.
7 You, Lord, will keep the needy safeand will protect us for ever from the wicked,
8 who freely strut aboutwhen what is vile is honoured by the human race.