day 16 : e v ening pray er

82 - Deus stetit

1  God stands in the council of princes; *
he is a Judge among gods.
2  “How long will you give wrong judgment *
and accept the ungodly?
3  Defend the poor and fatherless; *
see that those who are in need and necessity have 
what is right.
4  Deliver the outcast and poor; *
save them from the hand of the ungodly.”
5  They will not learn nor understand, but walk about in darkness; *
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6  I have said, “You are gods, *
and you are all the children of the Most High;
7  But you shall die like mortals, *
and fall like one of the princes.”
8  Arise, O God, and judge the earth, *
for you shall take all nations for your inheritance.