The Message Bible MSG
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock.
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-- A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.
2 "Enough! You've corrupted justice long enough, you've let the wicked get away with murder.
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Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
3 You're here to defend the defenseless, to make sure that underdogs get a fair break;
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Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.
4 Your job is to stand up for the powerless, and prosecute all those who exploit them."
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Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.
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.
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They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.
6 "I commissioned you judges, each one of you, deputies of the High God,
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I -- I have said, `Gods ye [are], And sons of the Most High -- all of you,
7 But you've betrayed your commission and now you're stripped of your rank, busted."
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But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall,
8 O God, give them their just deserts! You've got the whole world in your hands!
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Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!
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