Sunday Scripture

Another psalm, this time talking about judges!

I really like the Psalms in The Message, though you must be careful, as I said here.

The one that I found this time is Psalm 82, an Asaph Psalm:

God calls the judges into his courtroom, he puts all the judges in the dock.

"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."

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.

"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."

O God, give them their just deserts!
You've got the whole world in your hands!

Hmmm... I wonder if there are any current events we could tie this one to?

By the way, that last article (from sunny San Francisco) has some pretty hilarious stuff in it (like "OH NOES!!!! GUNZ R BAD!!!!!").