1A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of God; in the midst of the gods He judges. 2How long will you judge unjustly and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah. 3Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4Deliver the poor and needy; save [them] out of the hand of the wicked. 5They neither know nor will understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6I have said, You [are] gods; and all of you sons of the Most High. 7But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8Arise, O God, judge the earth; for You shall inherit in all nations.