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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 82
An Asaph Psalm
1 God calls the judges into his courtroom,
he puts all the judges in the dock.2-4 "Enough! You've corrupted justice long enough,
you've let the wicked get away with murder.
You're here to defend the defenseless,
to make sure that underdogs get a fair break;
Your job is to stand up for the powerless,
and prosecute all those who exploit 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.6-7 "I commissioned you judges, each one of you,
deputies of the High God,
But you've betrayed your commission
and now you're stripped of your rank, busted."
8 O God, give them their just deserts!
You've got the whole world in your hands!
THE MESSAGE
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