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Psalms 81

Douay-Rheims American Edition (DRA) - 1899

8 verses - Formal equivalence (from Latin) - Public Domain

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Psalms 81:1

A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

Psalms 81:2

How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

Psalms 81:3

Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

Psalms 81:4

Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.

Psalms 81:5

They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

Psalms 81:6

I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

Psalms 81:7

But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

Psalms 81:8

Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

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