Psalm 81
Deus stetit. An exhortation to judges and men in power.
1A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.4Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.5They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.6I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.7But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.8Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.