11-23: Let’s Give Thanks :: Psalm 82

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Thank you for joining us today for worship! In our fourth week of our series, Let's Give Thanks, we look at Psalm 82. In this week's psalm we learn to give thanks because God is moral, just, and right.

Resources:

: The Bible Project :: https://www.bibleproject.com

: YouVersion Bible App :: https://www.bible.com

Psalm 82

God Presides in the Divine Assembly

A Psalm of Asaph.

[1] 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.

Notes:

*Notes are slides used on Sunday morning made available for your personal notes and study.

Slide 1
Read Psalm 82

Slide 2
Elohim (God) is standing in the el (divine assembly) with elohim (little gods) all around.

Slide 3
“and face to face"

Slide 4
6 This is what the Lord says:
"For three sins of Israel,
even for four, I will not relent.
They sell the innocent for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 They trample on the heads of the poor
as on the dust of the ground
and deny justice to the oppressed...
(Amos 2:6-7)

Slide 5
17 Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
(Isaiah 1:17)

Slide 6
The darkness here is judicial; without God's light of truth, societies crumble.

Slide 7
For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. (Psalm 11:7)