From a distance

the Psalms cry out and so do we

God takes his stand in the council of heaven;
he gives judgment in the midst of the gods:

"How long will you judge unjustly,
and show favor to the wicked?

Save the weak and the orphan;
defend the humble and needy;

Rescue the weak and the poor;
deliver them from the power of the wicked.

They do not know, neither do they understand;
they go about in darkness;
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