For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style;
58:1 Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions?
Do you judge people
58:2 No!
you deal out violence in the earth.
A psalm of Asaph.
82:1 God stands in
in the midst of the gods
82:2 He says,
and show favoritism to the wicked?
94:20 Cruel rulers
those who make oppressive laws.
3:16 I saw something else on earth:
In the place of justice, there was wickedness,
and in the place of fairness,
5:7 The Israelites
they throw what is fair and right
3:8 But I
and have a strong commitment to justice.
This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion,
and Israel with its sin.
3:9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family
you rulers of the nation
You
and pervert all that is right.
3:10 You
Jerusalem
3:11 Her
her priests proclaim rulings for profit,
and her prophets read omens for pay.
Yet they claim to trust
“The Lord is among us.
Disaster will not overtake