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Psalms 82
A short, startling courtroom scene: God stands in the divine assembly and puts the "gods" — the rulers and powers — on trial (v.1). The charge is judging unjustly and favoring the wicked. The verdict is the heart of it: "You are gods... nevertheless you shall die like men" (vv.6-7). Watch how the eight verses move from accusation to sentence to a closing plea for God himself to take up the judging of the earth.
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God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
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“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.
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“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
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They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
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Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers.”
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Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations.
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Deus preside na grande assembleia. Ele julga entre os deuses.
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“Até quando vocês julgarão injustamente, e mostrarão parcialidade para com os ímpios?” Selá.
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“Defendam o fraco, o pobre e o órfão. Garantam os direitos do pobre e do oprimido.
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Resgatem o fraco e o necessitado. Livrem-nos da mão dos ímpios.”
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Eles não sabem, nem entendem. Eles andam de um lado para o outro nas trevas. Todos os fundamentos da terra são abalados.
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Eu disse: “Vocês são deuses, todos vocês são filhos do Altíssimo.
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Contudo, vocês morrerão como homens, e cairão como um dos governantes.”
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Levanta-te, ó Deus, julga a terra, pois tu herdas todas as nações.
The duty they abandoned
The standard is concrete: defend the weak and fatherless, maintain the rights of the poor, rescue the needy from the wicked (vv.3-4). Justice here means protecting those without power, not abstract fairness.
Their failure shakes creation: "the foundations of the earth are shaken" (v.5). The final cry — "Arise, God, judge the earth" (v.8) — asks the true Judge to do what the corrupt ones would not.
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