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Psalm 82

1 God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock.

1 God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

2 "Enough! You've corrupted justice long enough, you've let the wicked get away with murder.

2 "How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

3 You're here to defend the defenseless, to make sure that underdogs get a fair break;

3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

4 Your job is to stand up for the powerless, and prosecute all those who exploit them."

4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

5 Ignorant judges! Head-in-the-sand judges! They haven't a clue to what's going on. And now everything's falling apart, the world's coming unglued.

5 They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 "I commissioned you judges, each one of you, deputies of the High God,

6 I said, "You are gods, All of you are sons of the Most High.

7 But you've betrayed your commission and now you're stripped of your rank, busted."

7 Nevertheless you shall die like men, And fall like one of the rulers."

8 O God, give them their just deserts! You've got the whole world in your hands!

8 Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.