Psalm

²‘How long will you defend the unjustand show partiality to the wicked? ³Defend the weak and the fatherless;uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. ⁴Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand of the wicked. ⁵‘The “gods” know nothing, they understand nothing.They walk about in darkness;all the foundations of the earth are shaken. ⁶‘I said, “You are ‘gods’;you are all sons of the Most High.” ⁷But you will die like mere mortals;you will fall like every other ruler.’ ⁸Rise up, O God, judge the earth,for all the nations are your inheritance.