<p class="poetry">Dan<n id="1" /> will judge<n id="2" /> his peoplep> <p class="poetry">as one of the tribes of Israel.p>

<p class="poetry">Then he will judge<n id="1" /> your people fairly,p> <p class="poetry">and your oppressed ones<n id="2" /> equitably.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> takes his position to judge;p> <p class="poetry">he stands up to pass sentence on his people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is by these that he judges<n id="1" /> the nationsp> <p class="poetry">and supplies food in abundance.p>

<p class="poetry">He judges the world fairly;p> <p class="poetry">he makes just legal decisions for the nations.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He summons the heavens above,p> <p class="poetry">as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> vindicates<n id="1" /> his people,p> <p class="poetry">and has compassion on his servants.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Open your mouth, judge in righteousness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and plead the cause<n id="2" /> of the poor and needy.p>

<p class="poetry">There is no one to plead your cause.p> <p class="poetry">There are no remedies for your wounds.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">There is no healing for you.p>

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve.<n id="1" /> Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> judges the nations.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me, <sc>Lordsc>, because I am innocent,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because I am blameless,<n id="3" /> O Exalted One!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Say among the nations, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> reigns!p> <p class="poetry">The world is established, it cannot be moved.p> <p class="poetry">He judges the nations fairly.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">He executes judgment<n id="1" /> against<n id="2" /> the nations;p> <p class="poetry">he fills the valleys with corpses;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He upheld the cause of the poor and needy.p> <p class="poetry">So things went well for Judah.&#8217;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;That is a good example of what it means to know me.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8220;My spirit will not remain in<n id="1" /> humankind indefinitely,<n id="2" /> since<n id="3" /> they<n id="4" /> are mortal.<n id="5" /> They<n id="6" /> will remain for 120 more years.&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

Then Rachel said, &#8220;God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer<n id="1" /> and given me a son.&#8221; That is why<n id="2" /> she named him Dan.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> will judge his people,p> <p class="poetry">and will change his plans concerning<n id="1" /> his servants;p> <p class="poetry">when he sees that their power has disappeared,p> <p class="poetry">and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> shatters<n id="1" /> his adversaries;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he thunders against them from<n id="3" /> the heavens.p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> executes judgment to the ends of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He will strengthen<n id="4" /> his kingp> <p class="poetry">and exalt the power<n id="5" /> of his anointed one.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song<n id="2" /> by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: &#8220;David is hiding with us.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, deliver me by your name!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Vindicate me<n id="5" /> by your power!p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Whatever has happened was foreordained,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and what happens to a person<n id="2" /> was also foreknown.p> <p class="poetry">It is useless for him to argue with God about his fatep> <p class="poetry">because God is more powerful than he is.<n id="3" />p>