Psalms 82
82
True Justice
Asaph’s poetic song
1All rise! For God now comes to judge
as he convenes heaven’s courtroom. # 82:1 Or “the council of El.” The Aramaic reads “God now stands in the assembly of the angels, and he will judge in their midst.”
He judges every judge and rules in the midst of the gods, saying,
2“How long will you judges refuse to listen
to the voice of true justice and continue to corrupt what is right
by judging in favor of the wrong?”
Pause in his presence
3“Defend the defenseless, the fatherless and the forgotten,
the disenfranchised and the destitute.
4Your duty is to deliver the poor and the powerless;
liberate them from the grasp of the wicked.
5But you continue in your darkness and ignorance
while the foundations of society are shaken to the core!
6Didn’t I commission you as judges, saying,
‘You are all like gods, since you judge on my behalf.
You are all like sons of the Most High, my representatives.’
7Nevertheless, in death you are nothing but mere men!
You will be laid in the ground like any prince and you will die.”
8All rise! For God now takes his place as judge of all the earth.
Don’t you know that everything and everyone belongs to him?
The nations will be sifted in his hands!
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82
A Psalm (sacred song about or to God) of Asaph [Gatherer].
1God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] stands in the congregation of the mighty; he among the gods.
2How long will you2f judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah [stop and diligently consider what was just said].
3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6I have said, You2f [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.
7But you2f shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8Arise, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], judge the earth: for youi shall inherit all nations.
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