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Psalm 82.
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God confronts unjust judges who fail to defend the weak and needy. The psalm ends by asking him to judge the whole earth.
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- 1A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- 2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- 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, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
- 7But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
- 8Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
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