16AND HE FED HIM FROM [THE] BEST OF [THE] WHEAT AND FROM A ROCK HONEY I WILL SATISFY YOU 16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
1GOD [IS] TAKING HIS STAND IN [THE] CONGREGATION OF GOD IN [THE] MIDST OF [THE] GODS HE GIVES JUDGMENT 1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
2UNTIL WHEN? WILL YOU JUDGE INJUSTICE AND [THE] FACE OF WICKED [PEOPLE] WILL YOU LIFT UP SELAH 2“How long will you judge unjustly*NoteCloseOr How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3GIVE JUDGMENT FOR [THE] POOR AND [THE] FATHERLESS [THE] AFFLICTED AND [THE] POOR VINDICATE 3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
4DELIVER [THE] POOR AND [THE] NEEDY FROM [THE] HAND OF WICKED [PEOPLE] RESCUE [THEM] 4Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
5NOT THEY KNOW AND NOT THEY UNDERSTAND IN DARKNESS THEY WALK ABOUT THEY ARE SHAKEN ALL [THE] FOUNDATIONS OF [THE] EARTH 5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6I I SAID [ARE] GODS YOU AND [ARE] [THE] CHILDREN OF [THE] MOST HIGH ALL OF YOU 6I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’*NoteCloseCited in John 10:34
7NEVERTHELESS LIKE HUMANKIND YOU WILL DIE! AND LIKE ONE OF THE PRINCES YOU WILL FALL 7But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
8ARISE! O GOD JUDGE! THE EARTH FOR YOU YOU HAVE AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THE NATIONS 8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.