Psalm 82

IN the assembly of our God
the Lord himself doth stand,
And he doth judge amongst the gods
and rulers of the land.
And thus against them pleads, How long
will ye unrighteously
Give sentence thus, and wicked men
accept so partially?

Defend the poor and fatherlesse,
when they of wrongs complain,
And judge for the afflicted ones,
the poor mans cause maintain.
Deliver poor and needy men
from those of pow'r and might,
And from the hand of wicked men
let free, and rid them quite.

They know not, nor will understand,
but walk in darknesse on,
All the foundations of the earth
out of due course are gone.
I unto you high titles gave,
and said, that Gods you be,
That of the highest God you are
the children all of ye.

But like the rest of mortall men,
you die and perish must,
And like to other Princes you
shall fall and turn to dust.
Arise, O God, to judge the earth,
do thou thy self advance,
Thou shalt all Nations challenge, as
thine own inheritance.