1   A psalm of Asaph.

  God stands in the divine assembly;

  he administers judgment in the midst of the gods.

2   “How long will you judge unjustly

  and show favoritism to the wicked? Selah

3   Judge on behalf of the helpless and the orphan;

  provide justice to the afflicted and the poor.

4   Rescue the helpless and the needy;

  deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5   They do not know or consider.

  They go about in the darkness,

  so that all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6   I have said, “You are gods,

  and sons of the Most High, all of you.

7   However, you will die like men,

  and you will fall like one of the princes.”

8   Rise up, O God, judge the earth,

  because you shall inherit all the nations.