A Plea For Righteous Judgment
1 {A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
1 A Psalm of Asaph.God takes His (A)stand in (a)His own congregation;He (B)judges in the midst of the (b)(C)rulers.
1 A psalm of Asaph.(A)God has taken His place in the divine assembly;He judges among the gods:(a)(B)
1 God takes his stand in the divine assembly; among the divine beings he renders judgment:
1 God stands in the divine assembly;He judges among the gods (divine beings).
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
3 Provide justice for the needy and the fatherless;uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.(D)
3 "Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor.
3 Vindicate the weak and fatherless;Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
5 They (H)do not know nor do they understand;They (I)walk about in darkness;All the (J)foundations of the earth are shaken.
5 They do not know or understand;they wander in darkness.(F)All the foundations of the earth are shaken.(G)
5 They neither know nor understand; they walk about in the dark while all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
5 The rulers do not know nor do they understand;They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.