Rise up, O God!

There have always been leaders, men of power, kings over their domains. They do as they please, serving up, so often, injustice to the weak. Is that not what we find today? Those who fear God do not sit on the thrones of the world, but are rather those stepped on by earth's rulers. Christian converts from Islam are jailed, missionaries to the East are tortured, those standing for biblical marriage are threatened, and the weakest among us are openly murdered before they even have the chance to take their first breath. As the Psalmist says, "All the foundations of the earth are shaken." And yet there is hope despite the darkness—while these rulers may act like gods, they will all die like men. That is, except for the one—the one ruler unlike all the rest, the one king of justice. While he too dies, he does not do so like sinners paying the due for their own iniquity, but he dies for sinners. This is the justice that exults in mercy. Here, judgment kisses grace. And through this justice can both the weak and wicked be delivered. How is this justice finally accomplished? The Lord declares to his Son, the once-dead-king, "Rise up, O God; judge the earth. For you shall inherit the nations!"

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2009-02-20 10:00:47

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Psalms

Psalms 82:1-8

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A Psalm of Asaph.

מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף

God has taken his place in the divine council;

God stands in the Divine (OR divine) congregation;

אֱלֹהִים נִצָּב בַּעֲדַת־אֵל

in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

in the midst of God (OR gods) he judges.

בְּקֶרֶב אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁפֹּט׃

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"How long will you judge unjustly

עַד־מָתַי תִּשְׁפְּטוּ־עָוֶל

and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

and lift the face of the wicked?" Selah

וּפְנֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּשְׂאוּ־סֶלָה׃

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;

" Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;

שִׁפְטוּ־דַל וְיָתוֹם

maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

maintain the right of the afflicted and the poor.

עָנִי וָרָשׁ הַצְדִּיקוּ׃

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Rescue the weak and the needy;

Rescue the weak and the poor;

פַּלְּטוּ־דַל וְאֶבְיוֹן

deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

מִיַּד רְשָׁעִים הַצִּילוּ׃

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They have neither knowledge

They do not know

לֹא יָדְעוּ׀

nor understanding,

and do not understand;

וְלֹא יָבִינוּ

they walk about in darkness;

they walk around in darkness.

בַּחֲשֵׁכָה יִתְהַלָּכוּ

all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

יִמּוֹטוּ כָּל־מוֹסְדֵי אָרֶץ׃

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concessive

I said, "You are gods,

I, even I, said, 'You are gods;

אֲנִי־אָמַרְתִּי אֱלֹהִים אַתֶּם

sons of the Most High, all of you;

and all of you are sons of the Most High.'

וּבְנֵי עֶלְיוֹן כֻּלְּכֶם׃

nevertheless, like men

And yet, as [every] man

אָכֵן כְּאָדָם

you shall die,

you will die;

תְּמוּתוּן

comparison

and fall

and you will fall

וּכְאַחַד הַשָּׂרִים

like any prince."

as [any ] of the princes.

תִּפֹּלוּ׃

inference

Arise, O God,

Rise up, O God;

קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים

judge the earth;

judge the earth.

שָׁפְטָה הָאָרֶץ

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for you shall inherit all the nations!

For you, even you, will inherit all the nations!"

כִּי־אַתָּה תִנְחַל בְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִם׃

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