A psalm of Asaph. God takes a stand in the divine council, gives judgment in the midst of the gods.
Of David. I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; in the presence of the angels to you I sing.
A psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Then the just shall rejoice to see the vengeance and bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Do you indeed pronounce justice, O gods; do you judge fairly you children of Adam?
But you should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them over the people as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
his master shall bring him to God and there, at the door or doorpost, he shall pierce his ear with an awl, thus keeping him as his slave forever.
You shall not delay the offering of your harvest and your press. You shall give me the firstborn of your sons.
But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.
The Lord rises to accuse, stands to try his people.
If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside,