Psalm 82

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 127 St Thomas, 20 Abbey

1    In gods’ assembly God doth stand;

            he judgeth gods among.

2    How long, accepting persons vile,

            will ye give judgment wrong?

3    Defend the poor and fatherless;

            to poor oppress’d do right.

4    The poor and needy ones set free;

            rid them from ill men’s might.

5    They know not, nor will understand;

            in darkness they walk on:

      All the foundations of the earth

            out of their course are gone.

6    I said that ye are gods, and are

            sons of the Highest all:

7    But ye shall die like men, and as

            one of the princes fall.

8    O God, do thou raise up thyself,

            the earth to judgment call:

      For thou, as thine inheritance,

            shalt take the nations all.