A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748 • SECTION 205

Psalm 82. God the supreme Governor; or, Magistrates warned.

← The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship

1 Among th' assemblies of the great, A greater Ruler takes his seat; The God of heaven, as Judge, surveys Those gods on earth and all their ways.

2 Why will ye then frame wicked laws? Or why support th' unrighteous cause? When will ye once defend the poor, That sinners vex the saints no more?

3 They know not, Lord, nor will they know, Dark are the ways in which they go; Their name of earthly gods is vain, For they shall fall and die like men.

4 Arise, O Lord, and let thy Son Possess his universal throne, And rule the nations with his rod; He is our judge, and he our God.

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