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The Book of Psalms

Psalm 82

4 threads1 allusion2 echoes

← Psalm 81 Psalm 83 →

Rescue the Weak and Needy

1 A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked. 5 They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’^† 7 But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.

In the wider web4 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Allusions Psalms 82:1-6 → Exodus 22:8

Echoes Psalms 82:1-6 → Exodus 23:6, Psalms 82:1-6 → Leviticus 19:15

Shaped Psalm 82:1–8