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Unjust Judgments Rebuked.
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 God takes His AIs 3:13stand in 1Lit the congregation of GodHis own congregation;
He B2 Chr 19:6; Ps 58:11judges in the midst of the 2Lit godsCEx 21:6; 22:8, 28rulers.
2 How long will you APs 58:1judge unjustly
And BDeut 1:17; Prov 18:5show partiality to the wicked? 1Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
3 ADeut 24:17; Ps 10:18; Is 11:4; Jer 22:16Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 AJob 29:12Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
 
5 They APs 14:4; Jer 4:22; Mic 3:1do not know nor do they understand;
They BProv 2:13; Is 59:9; Jer 23:12walk about in darkness;
All the CPs 11:3foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 1Lit I, on my partI APs 82:1; John 10:34said, “You are gods,
And all of you are BPs 89:26sons of the Most High.
7 “Nevertheless AJob 21:32; Ps 49:12; Ezek 31:14you will die like men
And fall like any BPs 83:11one of the princes.”
8 APs 12:5Arise, O God, BPs 58:11; 96:13judge the earth!
For it is You who CPs 2:8; Rev 11:15possesses all the nations.

A82:1 Is 3:13

182:1 Lit the congregation of God

B82:1 2 Chr 19:6; Ps 58:11

282:1 Lit gods

C82:1 Ex 21:6; 22:8, 28

A82:2 Ps 58:1

B82:2 Deut 1:17; Prov 18:5

182:2 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

A82:3 Deut 24:17; Ps 10:18; Is 11:4; Jer 22:16

A82:4 Job 29:12

A82:5 Ps 14:4; Jer 4:22; Mic 3:1

B82:5 Prov 2:13; Is 59:9; Jer 23:12

C82:5 Ps 11:3

182:6 Lit I, on my part

A82:6 Ps 82:1; John 10:34

B82:6 Ps 89:26

A82:7 Job 21:32; Ps 49:12; Ezek 31:14

B82:7 Ps 83:11

A82:8 Ps 12:5

B82:8 Ps 58:11; 96:13

C82:8 Ps 2:8; Rev 11:15

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