¹ <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

⁶ And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

⁷ So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

⁸ It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

¹³ The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

¹¹ So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

²⁸ You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

⁶ Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

³⁵ If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

¹ <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.

⁶ I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

⁷ But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

²¹ But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;