1 There where the judges gather,
a greater takes the seat;
2 “How long,” God asks the judges,
“will you pronounce deceit?
How long show special favor
to those of ill repute?
3 How long neglect the orphan,
the poor and destitute?
4 “Deal justly with the needy;
protect the powerless;
deliver the afflicted
from those who would oppress,
5 but you are surely blinded;
you do not understand;
therefore foundations totter;
injustice rocks the land.”
6 God speaks: “I named you rulers,
to serve the Most High God,
but you shall die as mortals
and perish by my rod.”
Arise, O God, in judgment,
your sovereignty make known,
for yours are all the nations;
the peoples are your own.
– Henry Zylstra, alt.
Oremus 