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Friday, May 17th, 2024
the Seventh Week after Easter
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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!

 
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