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Rescue the Weak and Needy
82 A Psalm of Asaph.

    God has taken his place in the divine council;
        in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2“How long will you judge unjustly
        and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
        maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 4Rescue the weak and the needy;
        deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 5They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
        they walk about in darkness;
        all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6I said, “You are gods,
        sons of the Most High, all of you; 7nevertheless, like men you shall die,
        and fall like any prince.”(1) 8Arise, O God, judge the earth;
        for you shall inherit all the nations!

Psalm 82:7 - (1) 82:7 Or *fall as one man, O princes*
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