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Psal. LXXXII.

By John Milton

Topics: classic

God in the *1great *1assembly stands     Of Kings and lordly States,     Among the gods*2 on both his hands.     He judges and debates.     How long will ye *3pervert the right     With *4judgment false and wrong     Favouring the wicked by your might,     Who thence grow bold and strong?     *5Regard the *5weak and fatherless     *5Dispatch the *5poor mans cause,     And *6raise the man in deep distress     By *6just and equal Lawes.     Defend the poor and desolate,     And rescue from the hands     Of wicked men the low estate     Of him that help demands.     They know not nor will understand,     In darkness they walk on,     The Earths foundations all are *7mov'd     And *7out of order gon.     I said that ye were Gods, yea all     The Sons of God most high     But ye shall die like men, and fall     As other Princes die.     Rise God, *8judge thou the earth in might,     This wicked earth *redress,     For thou art he who shalt by right     The Nations all possess.

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About John Milton

John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet best known for "Paradise Lost" (1667), an epic poem retelling the biblical story of the Fall of Man. He also wrote "Paradise Regained," "Samson Agonistes," and the pastoral elegy "Lycidas," and is considered the greatest English epic poet.

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