Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 82

1--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. 2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah. 3Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous. 4Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them. 5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth. 6I--I have said, `Gods ye are, And sons of the Most High--all of you, 7But as man ye die, and as one of the heads ye fall, 8Rise, O God, judge the earth, For Thou hast inheritance among all the nations!

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