I said, “You are gods;
Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.

God stands in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods (divine beings).

Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

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.

Arise, O God, judge the earth!
For to You belong all the nations.

Rescue the weak and needy;
Rescue them from the hand of the wicked.

“Nevertheless you will die like men
And fall like any one of the princes.”