1 God in the great assembly stands @3Of kings and lordly states@1; Among the gods on both his hands He judges and debates. 2 How long will ye pervert the right With judgment false and wrong, Favouring the wicked @3by your might, Who thence grow bold and strong@1? 3 Regard the weak and fatherless, Despatch the poor man's cause, And raise the man in deep distress By just and equal laws 4 Defend the poor and desolate, And rescue from the hands Of wicked men the low estate Of him @3that help demands@1. 5 They know not nor will understand, In darkness they walk on; The earth's foundations all are moved And out of order gone. 6 I said that ye were gods, yea all The sons of God most high; 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall As other princes @3die@1. 8 Rise God, judge thou the earth @3in might@1, This @3wicked@1 earth redress, For thou art he who shalt by right The nations all possess. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE EARTH-CHILD IN THE GRASS by KATHERINE MANSFIELD COSMOPOLITE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUTH'S PROGENY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE CRESCENT MOON by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DIPPOLD THE OPTICIAN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: SHACK DYE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONG OF THE OPEN COUNTRY by DOROTHY PARKER TO A LADY WHO HAD OFFERED HIM A WREATH OF LAUREL by GEORGE SANTAYANA |