Psalm 82: summed up by me.
1. God is hanging out "PRESIDES" -- judging gods.
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5. God is judging. "These gods, know nothing."
6. I said, you are gods" you are all sons of the Most High.
7. But you will die and be forgotten.
You are no more important than anyone else.
8. Rise up, O God, judge the earth for all the nations are your inheritance.
PSALM 82
A psalm of Asaph.
1 God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment among the “gods”:
2 “How long will you[a] defend the unjust
and show partiality to the wicked?[b]
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.
They walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”
8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.
Psalm 82 is a Psalm of Judgment proclaimed by God against those who are guilty of social injustice. It begins with a vision of God standing in the “great assembly,” the great hall of justice in heaven, the supreme Supreme Court. He is presiding over a gathering of judges. This is not a business-as-usual meeting.
